Feb 282013
(NCS writer Andy Synn brings us more album reviews in haiku, with music. The albums are the latest releases by Shai Hulud, Horned Almighty, and Psycroptic)
SHAI HULUD – REACH BEYOND THE SUN
More honest, more real
More righteous than most. That’s right!
Shai Hulud are back!
HORNED ALMIGHTY – NECRO SPIRITUALS
Brutal heavy riffs
Punk rock grooves and lethal drums
Fuck you, Hail Satan
PSYCROPTIC – THE INHERITED REPRESSION
Stay in the back son
There’s a hurricane coming
A pure death whirlwind!
19 Responses to “ANDY SYNN PRESENTS: REVIEWS IN HAIKUS”
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THE INHERITED REPRESSION one amazing album!!!! Will check out SHAI HULUD
Definitely do. One of my all-time favourite hardcore bands. Such undimmed passion and such a distinctive form of riffing.
will do so Andy!!!! I heard one song and liked it!! will check out more and previous efforts as well. Which album of theirs I should check out first
Sorry to hijack! All of Hulud’s material is excellent, but my personal faves are the first few EPs (which you can buy as a collection called A Profound Hatred of Man and the first full length (Hearts Nourished), so many anthems, remember seeing them for the first time in Belgium and being blown away. Saw them a few years later in London and it was a joke, they were supported by Parkway Drive and pretty much 90% of the crowd left after they played, leaving Hulud with nothing more than an empty Underworld.
Thanks for the recomendation, will check out the ep’s and first full length.
I actually prefer “That Within Blood Ill-Tempered” myself.
Oh, and the song “Set Your Body Ablaze”.
Blood is good and ‘Set your Body Ablaze,’ makes me kill but trust, that early stuff is gold.
Another great, similar band (but quite different) to Hulud was Skycamefalling.
I remember listening to those guys in the early 00’s. I could probably find one or more of their cd’s laying around if I looked hard enough. I don’t remember the music much, but I do remeber liking it. Them and Luti-cris, who later became Norma Jean
I’ve been waiting, hope this site would review the new Hulud. I’m disappointed all it got were a couple lines of near incomplete sentences. Still, glad SOMETHING was said about it. Reach Beyond the Sun is already my album of the year. It’s that good! And that’s saying a lot considering 2013 has seen very solid releases already from the likes of Suffocation, Guttural Secrete, and Devourment (all of which destroy,IMO)…but Hulud tops them all. Seriously, go listen to it.
Honestly… no one cares about you or your disappointment.
Why do you keep attacking me?
Because you’ve been our resident troll for quite a while now, and even when you’re trying to agree with us you still have to let us know how ‘disappointed’ you are, as if that matters.
If you’re digging your brutal death/slam, then check out the new Carnivore Diprosopus, Euphoric Defilement and Scatorgy albums. All are sick ;p
I’m agreeing with you and still, you’re acting like a girl scout with a skinned knee and shit. Grow up and grow a pair
I’m not sure when girl scouts grow up they “grow a pair”.
And that’s what happens when you mix your metaphors.
Still digging the haiku format. For some reason three lines and a youtube link gets way more across than a track by track review for me. Not saying there’s anything WRONG with track by tracks, I just don’t connect with the format as well.
The Inherited Repression melts face and is yet more proof that there’s a future for tech death done right. Shai Hulud hasn’t quite clicked with me yet but I dig the Horned Almighty track.
I have been jamming that Horned Almighty album a hell of a lot since discovering it.