Malignant Order - This is mankind? Tape

Crashing razor sharp velocity veering between the endearing tectonics of primo era Finnish HC and the chaos and noise of early Japanese HC, Malignant order sound like faded white paint on the back of a cracked leather jacket slowly scraping away against the coarse concrete of some venue lost in the time and space of some aggregate European city. Featuring the vocal debut of the talismanic Billy Trick (Stingray), Malignant ORder delivers a howling wail into the void which sit on top of perfect drumming, guitar playing that equally smirks and snarls, and a blasting low end which ensures your speakers will crackle for months to come. Not once do these five songs falter into a cartoonish genre trope. Instead they kick blaring sounds which wouldn’t have been out of place on “Welcome to 1984” flying through the doors of what we know about making a racket in 2024. FFO The Execute, Kohu-63, Framtid, Terveet Kädet, Ataque Frontal, and other music for uplifting gourmandizers. (Jonah Falco)