You want heavy shit? Well this is pretty much that, a hyperblast combination of Amebix punk-metal, Crass crunchy crustcore, Sepultura/Sarcofago sloppy Brazilian speed thrash and ultra heavy grindcore, the sort of ‘90s hybrid sonic annihilation that fellow label mates Logical Nonsense have claimed as their domain.

Not a million miles away from a more metal Extreme Noise Terror or a more downtuned and less death Carcass, RDP feature big-boy Gordo ( who has been popping up in the new Soulfly as well as the new Sep disc with his mountainous buffalo grunt) and a helluva lot of catchiness in their speed-stricken madness. Hell, there’s even a whiny rap-grind track there on number 5, guesting some Brazilian DJ and inspired scratches. Lyrically, this is all done in Portuguese but presumably they tackled the many political, anti-militant and pro-life angles that every damn Brazilian band cranks out.

It is undoubtedly a great work musically, showing a huge diversity and unashamedness to mix up a variety of different paces in the songs on offer as well as a uniform quality of songs that seem beyond even the best grind masters (Benumb, Assuck, Hemdale have eluded this in my opinion) can’t quite grasp. Pity ‘bout the sound though,but then again this is a punk record on a low-ish Biafra budget so screw that.

Overall, I like this more than I did Napalm Death’s Words From The Exit Wound or even Logical Nonsense’s new shit, and that’s saying quite a lot already. A diverse grindcore band, if there ever was one.

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