Soldier’s Disease: No Flags Fly Here cassette

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Raging lo-fi US-style hardcore from Austin, TX.

Our take: Texas has been sprouting Koro-influenced hardcore bands at a pace thats making me consider picking up and moving there, and the latest name on the roster is Austins Soldiers Disease. Like Nosferatu and Violent Christians, Soldiers Disease borrows Koros quick changes, epic drum fills, and manic, compressed rhythms, but perhaps even more than those bands, Soldiers Diseases songwriting still has a punk (maybe even pop?) core. While a lot of ultra-fast music can stray into grind or other derivatives of metal, Soldiers Disease sounds like theyre playing great punk songs at insanely fast tempos, which is pretty much exactly what I want from music. Another thing that sets them apart is that something about the bass sound reminds me of early 80s Japanese hardcore. Im not sure if its just the way its recorded (lots of low end and very little attack) or the way its played (which incorporates some of the bounciness I associate with 80s Japanese punk bass) or some combination of both. Regardless, Soldiers Disease reminds me of both classic 80s USHC and obscure 80s Japanese punk, two styles that are pillars of my listening diet, and they do both proud.