Suffering Quota (Netherlands) - Collide (2023)
Some bands shift their sound drastically once or more over their lifespan, while others hone what's present on their earliest material, adding influences as they age. Suffering Quota has been around for nearly 15 years, and in that span of time they've refined their sound into a unique brand of crushing grindcore that pulls from a number of stylistic areas. Collide is composed of shards of pummeling death metal, blasting grindcore that balances between technicality and emotional resonance in a manner not unlike Discordance Axis and…
Sakatat, Matka Teresa (Turkey, Poland/Netherlands) - Devletin Terörü Kimi Koruyor? / No Justice No Peace Split 7'' (2011)
Fastcore, grindcore, etc. What the Sakatat trio pulls of is comparable to a drill the size of a train merely doing its thing. Yup, they're naturals. And not only are they devastating by themselves, but they also do an Assück cover on this one (Wall of Shame). Matka Teresa, on the other hand, like the slow, filthy violence, but - of course - only in-between "lenghty" amounts of The Speed. Sure, they might sound like Mother Theresa, had she ever come to her senses, however, some sort of influence was obviously imposed upon Sakata…
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