Time for another trip to Catalonia where these bruisers apparently hide out somewhere in the mountains. Active since around 2008 they have three previous albums but this time it would seem they have dipped back into the past and re-recorded material from guitarist Venty’s former band Hysteresis Of Anger. So we have an obscure band as far as those outside their immediate locale are probably concerned, re-doing stuff by an even more unknown band and again singing in their native dialect. Unlike the last group I struggled with from the area however, musically this one is a lot easier to get to grips with and lovers of thrash, crossover and even hardcore should be able to appreciate this, whatever their language.
The first seven numbers are the reworked material and songs translate to the likes of ‘Revenge,’ ‘Action’ and ‘Sabotage’ giving you an idea of the rebellious nature of the themes. There’s barely a pause as they romp through things with one track blending into another in quick fire succession really adding to the impetus. Chugging guitars, snarls and occasional huge throaty screams, muscular chest beating rhythms and backing gang shouts are all order of the day. They sound fired up and make a racket like a bunch of bandits hiding in the hills and waylaying anyone silly enough to trespass on their territory. At one-point emergency service sirens invade the middle of a song but this doesn’t seem to perturb them in the slightest, capturing these gringos is no easy task; ambushes wait in hidden ravines. Melody is persistent and helps keep things pumped up and weighty and the band have no trouble stomping up a cloud of dust as they forge out their metallic wreckage.
They have added a new track at the end and you know what they say about the rain in Spain, which is pretty apt as ‘Plou Poc, Però Pel Poc Que Plou, Plou Prou’ apparently translates to ‘It rains a little, but for the little that rains, it rains enough.’ There’s no big difference from the old which apparently has been forged stylistically to fit in with Siroll’s recent modus-operandi and this is another solid banger. Lots of groove from the drums, spite from the vocals and the title shouted out by all members make it sound like they could well be practicing a rain-dance in the midst of the arid desert. Not bad at all and for fans of bands such as Sepultura and Brujeria this could well be worth a quick listen, all 24 minutes of it. Having said that at the time of writing it seems yet to make an appearance on Bandcamp but there’s a video of the last song linked below.
(7/10 Pete Woods)
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