EXTINCTION OF MANKIND "The Nightmare Seconds..." CD

EXTINCTION OF MANKIND
Kwartet z Manchesteru jest jednym ze sztandarowych
przedstawicieli klasycznego stylu crust - muzyki utrzymanej w niezbyt
szybkich tempach, ociekającej metalowymi riffami. Zespół ma na koncie 3
albumy stanowiące już część kanonu crust, znany jest też z doskonałych
koncertów, których zagrał już setki zarówno w całej Europie jak i poza nią.

Extinction of Mankind is an English crust punk band, formed in 1992.

The original line-up consisted of Ste (vocals), Mass (Guitar), Fozzy (Bass) and Foz (Drums). After several gigs the band recorded their first split EP with the band Warcollapse, it saw a release at the end of 1993.

Next, the band headed out on a tour in Sweden with the crust band Doom. They would go on to record another split ep, with Doom this time. This album was released in 1994. The band returned to Europe and picked up another tour with Doom. During this time the Weakness EP was recorded and released.

After the European tour, Fozzy left the band to be replaced by Ginny on Bass, and work on the Baptised in Shit album began. The band finished the album, set out on another European tour with Warcollapse and released the LP while on the road.

In 1996, they toured with the famous American crust band Misery, while Marvin from The Varukers filled in on bass while Ginny attended to family matters. During this time, the Extinction of Mankind/Misery split EP was planned.

In early 1998, the band recorded the Scars of Mankind EP. Around this time Foz left the band to be replaced by Tony on drums. The band then set out on a tour to England and Scotland with Wolfpack/Wolfbrigade. During this time Scoot came in to be the band's guitarist.

In 1999, the band toured Sweden and Norway with Wolfpack and Skitsystem. During this time the Extinction of Mankind/Misery split was finally put in motion.

In 2000, the band toured the US with Misery and in 2001 the split album, Apocalyptic Crust, was finally released.

In 2002, 3 cover songs (Amebix's "Sunshine Ward", Antisect's "Out From the Void", and Discharge's "Ain't No Feeble Bastard") recorded during the Apocalyptic Crust sessions were released as the 3 song EP called Ale to England. Much to the dismay of the band and fans the record was not re-pressed.[1]

In 2003, the band set forth to record their second LP, The Nightmare Seconds..., which was finally released in 2004. This was released on CD by the band's own label Xtinction Records and on vinyl by Profane Existence.

In 2006, the band recorded their next LP, Northern Scum.

On March 6 2007, Ale to England was re-issued on CD through Montreal, Canada's Moshpit Tragedy Records.[2] The re-issue also contains new cover art (as the band was not pleased with the cover art that ended up on the original 7") plus 9 live tracks recorded at Sozzfest 2005, a celebration of the life of Wayne Southworth, late singer of Doom who died. Tony also had a vocal appareation with the legendary band Saxon at the Wacken Open Air festival 2007 singing the title Strangers In The Night.


Extinction of Mankind "The Nightmare Seconds..." CD
The second full length release from the standard bearers of UK "crust," with 12 powerful new tracks that live up to and far surpass previous efforts. Antisect and Amebix influences abound (including a cover of "Arise") and timely political lyrics across the board. Crunching guitars, powerful vocals, and no heavy metal wanking - they way the genre was meant to be played!

Fuck yeah. Here's the long-awaited second full-length from this classic UK crust act, one who's had a criminally low level of recorded output in their 12+ year existence. Hell, I think it's been almost 10 years since their debut LP was released! I was a huge fan of said "Baptised in Shit" LP, so I'm not sure they'll ever top that work in my book, but this record offers up 12 tracks of textbook metallic crust punk the way it was meant to be. Burly shouting vocals, thick midpaced chord progressions with a driving rhythm and just the right amount of metallic chunkiness, and so on. And I definitely like this material much more than what they did for their split CD with Misery. The songwriting is stronger and the recording is infinitely superior. A little added heaviness probably wouldn't hurt 'em since things can still sound slightly thin, but maybe they were trying to keep the thicker picking patterns from sounding too metal? I don't know, the mix is pretty solid and the tones are good, so I'm not complaining. And despite all the mentions of metal, or the fact that tracks like "Without Consent" are undeniably metal in playing style, I'm not talking metal metal or anything. There are very few note-based riffs at all, there are no solos, and the tempos only marginally venture into moderately fast sort of thrash territory (check out bits of "Apathy and Fear", which also includes a slick clean break and very brief melodic riffing - something I really miss in a lot of the contemporary crust that I come across), so it's really just the chunkiness of the guitar tone and the heavy delivery that has that metallic edge that so many UK crust acts are revered for... Amebix anyone? (Also worthy of note is that an awesome cover of said legendary act's "Arise" is present herein.) Most of the songs follow a pretty simple framework that's fairly repetitive. It can be hard to follow along with the lyrics since the vocals are pretty damn gruff, but things don't really start to drag very often. "Existence Declines" opens with a lengthy instrumental passage with a little more melody that lets the basslines have more prominence before finally diving into one of the faster chord progressions and reverting to the darker riffing later, making for one of the finest pieces herein; followed by the powerful chugging riffs of "Gung-Ho Heroes". "Empty Gestures" is probably the only track that hits on anything I'd call "groovy" with its slower rhythms and break of spoken vocals over bass and drums; but closer "Unheard Cries" takes slower speeds to a far more sinister direction layered with eerie clean guitars, so that's a far stronger angle to take. The LP comes in a matte sleeve with faintly colored artwork and a black and white insert that duplicates the cover art in grayscale and includes all of the lyrics. Truth be told I think the cover illustration looks a little goofy and immature for what this band has to offer (it's just a little crudely drawn), but I've always loved their logo design, I must say. The lyrics are pretty lengthy, not repeating as much as the vocal patterns and song structures might suggest, covering religion war, greed, abuse, etc. but the content, while overtly bleak (as always), isn't so blunt as some of this stuff can get, which is a nice change of pace. "No fault of plague or food or flame, Nature's cleansers aren't to blame, Day by day the blood rains down, In man's own greed we slowly drown..." It's also awesome that they included the lyrics for the Amebix cover, as it's very rare for cover songs to be documented in that manner. All in all this is a solid offering from this longstanding outfit. Having been slightly let down by their split with Misery I didn't want to have huge expectations, but I'm certainly not let down. Hopefully if the band continues it won't be another near-decade before another full-length sees the light, ha... (7/10)
Running time - 40:00 (approximately), Tracks: 12
 
 Utwory:

1     Spare A Thought Play
2     Without Consent
3     The Nightmare Seconds....
4     Religious Dogma
5     Apathy And Fear
6     Arise
7     Existence Declines
8     Gung-ho Heros
9     Two Faces Of Evil
10     Desperate Measures
11     Empty Gestures
12     Unheard Cries

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