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January 10th, 2007 by Bryan Hopton (Permalink)
Label: ThreeOneG Year: 2007 Add Comments |
Reviewing a self-titled Das Oath release is something that I’m sure a lot of people are sick of. This latest EP, released by ThreeOneG, is their third eponymous album to date, following their first LP in 2004 and a mini LP last year (both via Dim Mak). Not only does this make their discography somewhat confusing, but it makes it a complete pain in the ass to even track the releases down.
Thankfully, the effort to obtain this little disc was well worth it. The end result here is a set of blistering fast, chaotic hardcore in the veins of acts like The Locust, Some Girls, or Holy Molar (which makes sense, since vocalist Marc McCoy loans his voice to the Molars). “Reliquary” kicks things off with a thumping start that sounds almost–gasp!–structured before things become completely unhinged and the whole thing descends into a sonic maelstrom of nails-on-a-chalkboard shrieking, punishing guitars and clattering drums. Segueing into “Scrapped”, the madness recedes briefly to allow for a midtempo thrashing before “The Twinkle In An Eye About To Be Blackened” picks up the pace again for further punishment.
This isn’t to say that everything here is gravy, sadly. The album does fall short of achieving much that the band has not already covered in the past, whether in the Oath or with their bevy of other projects. That’s not to say it isn’t good, in fact it’s very good. However, with the so-called “San Diego” sound pioneered by Justin Pearson vehicles like Swing Kids and the Crimson Curse gaining more notoriety with each passing year, this just isn’t really that new or unique anymore.
Still, though, this is a solid collection of manic, schizophrenic hardcore that is more than worth hearing. Like Some Girls in 2006, Das Oath are likely to be the next big thing in hardcore this year.
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