COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON: Eater of Worlds: LP I thought the Turn into Shadows tape they released earlier was pretty good. But this album surpasses all they’ve done prior. The songs have a darker and more ominous tone and a stronger dynamic structure. The title track is a great example of this. The drums roll through [...]
COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON – “Eater of Worlds” LP This second release from this band is a vast improvement over their self-titled EP that came out in 2006. Woah — long time. The first thing that strikes me is that these tracks do not sound eager. Does that make sense? You can hear what has improved [...]
MURDERESS The Last Thing You Will Ever See (Aborted Society) People who go about town meet so many nice fellas from Portland it is hard to imagine maniacs like these come from such a place. Somehow, the acid sound of Murderess sounds righteous though, like the ‘city of roses’ is the perfect breeding environment for [...]
http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/01/14/album-reviews-owen-hart-countdown-to-armageddon-same-sex-dictator Countdown To Armageddon’s full length features fewer nods to the metal world, barring the requisite Motorhead buzzsaw attack behind every d-beat band. Eater of Worlds (Aborted Society Records) is definitely a part of the Profane Existence/Skuld lineage of black-clad crust punks dropping bleak, bare-bones riffs over even bleaker lyrical motifs of government control and [...]
