The effect this music has on me is visceral and it's surprising...even to me, and even today. Analytically, CONSUME were a by-the-numbers DBeat influenced North American crust/punk band - which is not to say that they weren't special, just that they were doing a thing that a lot of bands were doing at the time. You'd be right to file them alongside BORN/DEAD and many other bands who clung to clenched fist filthy hardcore instead of bowing to the more melodic stadium crust trend that would eventually take over the decade, and surely CONSUME belong in that camp. But CONSUME are different...this shit is anxious and damaged - they sound drunk...like angry drunk. Mad at everything at taking it out on themselves. To hear "Logical Limits Exceeded" is to hear a song written out of sheer spite. CONSUME simply sound like they had no fucking choice.
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State Of Fear brought to perfection. it's a pity that Deathraid was by far not as good! :-/
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