Verrat - Zeiten der Leere LP

Austrian neocrust band Verrat’s second full length is called "Zeiten der Leere" which means “times of emptiness” and, listening to the blistering blackened crustcore they pound through on the album, yeah. The easy comparison to make for Verrat would be something like “splitting the difference between Dödsrit and Tragedy,” and I think that’s a totally accurate way to describe them. Having said that, it’s also a bit reductive, because this album is an absolute barnburner that deserves to be appreciated entirely on its own.