Raging metallic hardcore. The main vocals are more guttural, which admittedly made it much easier for someone like me--far more into death metal than punk/hc--to get into. Unfortunately, the secondary vocals are weak shouting. They're about the only thing I didn't like about it, but of course the band has to constantly use them.
It was interesting trying to look this up in the store before buying it, because it's labeled as all sorts of subgenres depending on the reviewer or distro (metal is often mocked for pedantic classification, but you eventually realize almost every form of music suffers from this to some extent). Calling it simply punk or hardcore really says nothing and ignores the metallic influences here. It's generally pretty fast but falls well short of crossing into grind or powerviolence territory. Because of the metallic nature I can see similarities but I definitely wouldn't consider it crust, either.
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