Ruined Families
Self-titled 7”
Track Listing:
1. Voidealism
2. You Will Become Like Your Father
3. Bedroom Nihilist
4. Quiet
As anyone who has read a newspaper in the last year knows,
Greece has largely degenerated into a chaotic mess, with social problems and
financial hardships that have no end in sight.
In short, it is the perfect breeding ground for pissed-off, dissonant, aggressive
music. Enter Ruined Families. While this band hasn’t been on my radar
before, they’ve already gotten some well-deserved good press from other
websites and publications for their particular brand of punishing hardcore.
While I’ve read numerous ‘they sound like Cursed’ posts
about Ruined Families, I don’t agree (although this isn’t a slight against the
band.....it’s more of a reference to the untouchable nature of Cursed). For one thing, this is a blackened hardcore
band that is far more comfortable with metal/grind elements than Cursed ever
was, and it’s an aspect of Ruined Families that makes them stand out from many
of their contemporaries.
This four song self-titled 7” blends various elements of
hardcore, metal, noise, and blackened-whatever to produce 10 of the most
desperate and dirty minutes in music that I’ve heard in ages (I mean this as a
huge compliment). While much of North
America dismisses European hardcore, Ruined Families (along with other European
acts like Birds in Row and Rise and Fall) helps us in the Western Hemisphere
that good music doesn’t stop at the shores of the Atlantic. Sceptics should check out the song “You Will
Become Like Your Father” if they doubt that this band can stand shoulder-to-shoulder
with the other Euro bands mentioned.
Break-neck death metal riffs mixed with anguished screams
and sludgy interludes brought to you from Europe’s economic bastard child. What’s not to love?
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