#grind ridden

You know a bands pretty decent when you listen to two tracks from a demo then spend the next three days with your head in bandcamp.

Concussive are a three piece power-violence band from The East Bay Area formed of members from Epileptic Seizure, Malicious Dismemberment and Extreme Vulgarity. Powerviolence encapsulates the things I never fail to appreciate : Speed, Tempo Variation, Blast Beats, Raw vocals and Minimal Production. When I find a band that appears to honour Powerviolence in its basic form... I fall fast.

Their demo {May 2015} starts on a high with a fifteen second groove ridden intro 'Zest Quest’, vocals are on-point throughout and if i’m completely honest it was the desire to get more of that non stop, completely guttural, vocal assault…. that forced me to hit play for the second and third time.

Expect frantic... and although nine tracks and a close out sample is wrapped up in just over three and a half minutes… transitions are frequent and are unpredictable. The closing track (at 2.29 ish…) provides a decent ration of slow paced sludgery before a return to onslaught.

***Please tell me that the drum stick count in isn’t a sample??

…. and here’s a minor negative/ a friendly heads up: If you want to be completely blown away by this band, or you’re fussy as hell and easily tainted... I’d make cautious movements when it comes to checking out their recent split with Bathtub Barracuda. For the most part their side of the split embodies ALL the elements I’ve raved about above... but due to some oddly placed samples sandwiching the track ‘Aimless' the first thirty seconds are completely off (….so just hit play at 0.27s)

Give these guys a listen…. I’m sure we’ll be hearing more from them.

Download the demo from: https://zestviolence.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2015