You might call these reviews “one-sided”

In the past few weeks, I’ve received three records, all of which are one-sided releases: two LPs, and one 7-inch, to be specific. It’s incredibly bizarre, especially when you consider one LP has an etching on the reverse, another has a silk-screened skull, and the 7-inch has, well — nothing.

Nevertheless, the music’s what we’re all about here, even if the artistic packaging is interesting enough to warrant a post all its own. The first release I have is Buckshot Facelift‘s Anchors of the Armless Gods, released on Old Souls Collective. It’s cookie monster hardcore that is brutally evil, yet not claustrophobic as many of this ilk are. Part of that may have something to do with the fact that I played it at 45 rpm for the first couple of songs before realizing it was actually supposed to be at 33. There’s also some interesting electronic effects on songs like “Raping the Spider Demon” and “Horny Greenfield Dragonbreath” that make this something beyond the averagre bargain-basement crustcore act.