Axis Of Despair is a brand new name in the history of Swedish grindcore. Just look at the list of associated projects of the members of this AOD: Overtorture, Volturyon, Livet som insats, Nervgift, Infanticide, Nasum, Coldworker, Proteststorm. Impressive, isn't it?) But don't make quick judgment that we'll hear just another clone of Nasum or Infanticide. There is something familiar with all those bands for sure but they are far from being clones. So the material for these two EPs was recorded on a few recording sessions in the legendary Soundlab Studios in Örebro. But it so happened that Time And Again was issued much earlier than Mankind Crawls, as always it was due to banal delays. Both recordings are pieces of one whole thing so it doesn't make any sense to talk about them separately. Now let's take a closer look at the musical part of this monster thing. Just from the first accords we hear the patented Swedish grindcore sound (everything Swedish sounds special so its easy to recognize). The piercing sound just makes other bands suffer from envy. All songs sound truly furious, its felt like the guys inserted a part of their souls into the recording. All musicians keep the level high but separately I want to pay attention to the hellish blastbeats of Anders Jakobson… doesn't matter for how long I listen to his drumming, I'm always excited of the speed (sometimes you think that such drummers sell their souls in exchange for sick drumming). In short, if you like Swedish grindcore and haven't listened to Axis Of Despair yet, than fix this as soon as possible!)
Rating: 8.5/10 Axis of Despair bc Axis of Despair fb
You can order this vinyls at Spela Snabbare Records!
