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Releasedate:   <\/em>22-06-2026\nLabel: <\/em>Phobia Records\/Cimex Records<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
What does a person need to have a great summer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Time off from work, good company, and a supergroup that hits you harder than the heat wave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Of course, the concept of a \u201csupergroup\u201d goes a bit against the anti-star philosophy of punk culture, but it wasn\u2019t the musicians who described Totalis that way\u2014it was our own caste. Let\u2019s set that aside for now, though, and see what\u2019s going on in \u201cGriefstate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, as if in a dream, from the darkest underground basements, War\/\/Plague guitarist Andy Clefton and Charlie Claesson, drummer for the legendary Anti-Cimex, decided to team up and do what they do better than most. Creating music that builds on the legacy of Discharge and is perfect for a wild dance-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And since they\u2019re no amateurs, they brought bassist Kelly Halliburton (Detestation, Masskontroll) into the mix, and handed out three songs each to Mark \u201cBarney\u201d Greenway (Napalm Death) and Fredrik Wallenberg (Skitsystem) to make me pee my pants with joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So before I hit play, I close my eyes and whisper ten times, \u201cLet it be awesome\u201d\u2026 as if I\u2019d stumbled upon Aladdin\u2019s lamp, guys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGriefstate\u201d may be short in duration, but it delivers an overflowing musical libido from titans of the extreme scene, in an ideally massive production by Adam Tucker at SignatureTone Recordings in Minneapolis, and even though each vocalist recorded from their own location, it sounds as if they were all together in the same room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first three tracks, bearing the vocal stamp of the Napalm Death frontman, clearly demonstrate the connection that the British forefathers of grindcore have with the D-beat sound, and Barney\u2019s voice is the perfect fit for Griefstate\u2019s material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next, although Fredrik\u2019s tone is less baritone, the songwriting philosophy remains unchanged and pushes forward with heavy riffs and relentless drums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fans of d-beat punk were treated to a wonderful summer with this sweet yet fierce release, and brace yourselves\u2014the new Totalit\u00e4r is on its way, which you\u2019ll read about in a few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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