New Orleans is well known for its music scene spanning many genres. One of those genres that is not spoken of often enough would be bimboviolence and barbiegrind. Pioneers, Brat, have dropped another killer (literally) full-length in the form of Manslayer (Prosthetic Records). With decades of heavy music lyrics focusing on killing women, now it is time for the women to get in on some of the killing.
For ten years, Head Cleaner stewed in the grindcore pot, leaving fans wondering what was in store next. The product of that decade of inactivity is an eleven-track, sub-twenty-five-minute onslaught that eloquently calls back to the origins of grindcore and the pioneers who paved the way for such an extreme sub-genre.
Grindcore by its very nature, is polarizing. It’s either unapproachably abrasive or energizingly frenetic; disorganized noise pollution or homicidally refreshing.
No/Mas stakes their claim by presenting a grindcore record peppered with intricacies that are as subtle as they are appreciated. One or two cycles isn’t enough to fully absorb the wonders that lie within Consume/Deny/Repeat (Closed Casket Activities)