Napalm Christ Demo Tape Now Available
Arkansas extremists Napalm Christ (which features members of Rwake, Shitfire and Shredded Corpse) have released their debut demo tape on UK imprint Goatprayer Records. Armed with one of those make-you-slap-your-forehead-because-you-didn’t-think-of-it-first bandnames and a host of muddy blasts and deathly squibblies, Napalm Christ work in a deceptive variety of moods. Actually, maybe “variety” is too strong a word. It’s all pretty grim in terms of mood, but neither is the band just blasting their listeners into oblivion. They keep it interesting across the demo’s six tracks and use two guitars well to add depth to the sound.
To wit, the nine-minute “Reclaimed by the Earth” weaves in and out of acoustic flourish and all-out ripping with gripping fluidity, and while the vocals are kept to shouts and growls, even they can affect some measure of emotionality in the context of the music surrounding. Mostly it’s desperate. And brutal. And sometimes, that’s just the thing. In addition to the tape out now through the crust-bringing Goatprayer types — not quite sure if that’s someone who prays to a goat or the prayer of a goat, but right on either way — Napalm Christ‘s demo can be downloaded for free from Bandcamp, and that player follows the PR wire note below:
NAPALM CHRIST – ‘DEMO’
6 track Demo from US band NAPALM CHRIST now available on cassette from Goatprayer Records. (Bonus track only available on cassette.
Featuring current & ex-members of RWAKE, SHITFIRE & SHREDDED CORPSE.
The demo is filled with a wall of FilthyGrindingDoom with influences ranging from all angles.
Kiffin Rogers – Guitar, Vocals
Michael Lawrence – Guitar
Alan Wells – Bass, Vocals
David Sroczynski – Drums
Recorded by Alan Wells with assistance from Keith Bracy (Little Rock, AR)
Mastered by Collin Jordan at Boiler Room Mastering (Chicago, IL)
Artwork by Dennis Lee Hughes
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