World Burns To Death-The Graveyard of Utopia LP
Searing guitars, a thundering and rapid fire drum pound, and harsh vocals spitting forth a brutal vision: this third LP from Austin, Texas's World Burns To Death further evolves and refines their trademark sound as dark, ramcharging ultra-punk comes full circle. Here is the speed and severity of their debut 45's and the refinement, heaviness and precision of their two previous landmark albums. This Vinyl version comes with a 12 page booklet.
Track Listing:
1. Open Wound
2. They Want A War
3. Red Locusts
4. Come And See
5. Holocaust Rehearsals
6. Black Hundreds
7. The Same Old Lies
8. A Wormwood Star
World Burns To Death-The Graveyard of Utopia (Prank Records) “The Graveyard of Utopia†is a return to form for Austin’s World Burns To Death. Where their previous LP, “Totalitarian Sodomyâ€, deviated somewhat from the expected formula and was criticized (unreasonably) for its slower pacing and emphasis on low-end metallic crunch, the band’s third LP and Prank debut ratchets up the riff quotient while downplaying heavier metallic inclinations. The ensuing onslaught, while not quite as plodding or epic as its predecessor, is no less brooding or grisly.
Recorded at Tokyo’s Our House studios, the record is the band’s most distinctively Japanese hardcore-influenced outing to date. On several tracks, their blazing leads are bolstered considerably by the frenzied ‘burning spirits’-style axe wails of ex-Deathside/Paintbox ripper Chelsea Kishida (RIP) and Souichi Hisatake of Gudon and Forward.
A top shelf blend of crust-core ballast and Japanese hc/NWOBHM worship, this latest effort amplifies the strenghs showcased on earlier recordings (particularly a pair of brilliant EPs, “The Art of Self Destruction†(2003) and “No Dawn Comes…Night Without End†(2004), adding heightened sonic sheen and complexity to a familiar blitzkrieg. The resulting cacophany of war punk hammering, low-end squall, bomb-raid distort, and riff rollicking is the culmination of the band’s efforts to this point.
Lyrically, “The Graveyard of Utopia†furthers World Burns To Death’s more recent fixation on documented historical atrocity, as opposed to their earlier, simpler Discharge-inspired ruminations on war and destruction. Focusing exclusively on the horrors of the dystopian Soviet state, the record chronicles a grim assortment of topics, from the incalculable murder and oppression perpetrated against the Russian people at the hands of Joseph Stalin, to the dark legacy of Soviet antisemitism, the horrors of the little known Katyn Forest massacre of 1940, Chernobyl and its after-effects, and the crippling, lingering brutality of Soviet-Afghan warfare. So morose and unrelenting are these visions of oblivion that even the band’s past work pales in comparison-rarely before has hell as it exists on earth been so strikingly evoked on a record of this sort. Vocalist Jack Control’s articulate liner notes, which supplement each track with considerable historical background and documentation, further the impact of these recordings.
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