Showing posts matching the search for Grind and Loathing in Melbourne: The Agents of AbhorrenceShow all
Grind and loathing in Melbourne: The Agents of Abhorrence [Part II]

Grind and loathing in Melbourne: The Agents of Abhorrence [Part II]

Zmaj - 10:59 AM

Interview with the Agents of Abhorrence. I am bold. Zmaj: Do the Agents of Abhorrence have a specific musical objective or something similar? To be as clear as possible with this question, I'll use NOISM as an example: the objective is to produce the most technical, fastest possible stuff, which is in turn supposed to result in the ultimate aural brutality, but without going into (harsh) noise territory, so to say. I'd like to know if you guys have any compositional principles like that. For another example see the infamous first rule …

Grind and loathing in Melbourne: The Agents of Abhorrence [Part I]

Grind and loathing in Melbourne: The Agents of Abhorrence [Part I]

Zmaj - 11:00 AM

So finally (well, at least as far as I'm concerned), another interview on Cephalochromoscope! The Agents of Abhorrence are probably my absolute favorite when it comes to all these "new wave of powerviolence" bands. About this term, "(new wave of) powerviolence"; I wouldn't really say that it fits too well, and I use it somewhat hesitantly, but since many people like to identify bands such as Iron Lung and the Endless Blockade with the aforementioned term, I guess it's not that far off. These bands aren't th…