Bastardiser by Knut

Ouch. This is some ferocious stuff. Bastardiser takes the pissed-off fury of hardcore and head-butts it together with the precision of chugga-chugga-style post-thrash metal along with a caustic industrial/noise feel at points (though without any electronics). Some of the songs, such as "The Whip," veer off in a hyperactive, but still heavily precise math metal direction (somewhat comparable to Converge or Botch), while others, most notably the ten-minute-long "Crouch," settle into a repetitive, slow-paced groove and just grind away relentlessly. Knut comes across as equally at home in each of these styles. - William York

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