Bandit (USA) - Warsaw (2018)

Philly's Bandit condensed a whole bunch of shifty, riff-heavy powerviolence to about four minutes on their 2018 EP titled Warsaw, leaving cadaverous footprints in the shapes of top-tier grind bands such as Pig Destroyer and even Discordance Axis (see also the 2017 EP,  Self Inflicted , for riffs of worship) in their wake. Most importantly, whatever they lose for the speed demons among their listeners with the occasional chugalong, they quite successfully make up for it in the elaborated riff department and tight song-structuring. Put the …