#kommand

Every Record I Own - Day 644: Kommand Terrorscape

This is another album highlight of 2020.

Oh hey... it’s another death metal album... sorta. 

The thing I really like about bands like Kommand is that they don’t necessarily remind me of death metal groups like Deicide or Carcass as much as they seem like hardcore bands that have borrowed stylistic chops from the metal camp to make their particular brand of subversive punk music that much more aggressive. Kommand’s whole aesthetic seems way more in line with the crust camp---songs about the Gulag, grainy war photos for album art, etc.---but the musicianship and production is a big step above anything in the Skuld or Profane Existence catalog. I learned sometime later that the singer of Kommand was the singer of HOAX, so the hardcore connection isn’t all in my head.