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Shaken Baby (Belgium) - Phantasmagoria (2011)

Shaken Baby (Belgium) - Phantasmagoria (2011)

Zmaj - 5:29 PM

To be honest, I might've grown quite tired of d-beat a relatively long while ago, but Shaken Baby is certainly more than just another one of, you know, those . Both fast and swampy, barely dissonant, rhythmically often unpredictable, with a finely woven modern vibe `a la His Hero is Gone or some less obvious band like that, but if it ain't punk I don't know what it is + nice drumming courtesy of Jasper, who is also know as cover artist & brother of the man behind the guitar - Owen - whom you also probably remember for the at le…

Days of Desolation & The League of Mentalmen (Belgium) - Split 7" (2010?)

Days of Desolation & The League of Mentalmen (Belgium) - Split 7" (2010?)

Zmaj - 5:06 PM

So Belgium's got at least two very different bands. Days of Desolation deliver two gloomy, metallized chunks of d-beat driven determination, very tight in performance, all-out melodic or not at all, a bit epic in sound (can't quite pinpoint why, but track two, ''Malignancies'', reminded me of the excellent Suicide Nation from Arizona / might be the clean parts). The League of Mentalmen, on the other hand, sport a filthy as fuck guitar-distrotion that would make Dream Theater sound sloppy and/or cool. Nice shit violenc…