The Salt Lake City hooligans return with a new EP, Open Season. Quality over quantity, natch, bro. With members named Holger, Gunk, Grob and Smelly, DEATHBLOW’s sounding a bit like a UK82 punk/Oi! band, but I’m here for it as Grob’s three-count kicks off ‘Open Season’. Think a slower-paced EXODUS circa Impact Is Imminent, but with tasty blues leads at the start, only to crash headlong into a hardcore-fueled rant. The train keeps chug-a-lug-alooing, meaty riffs and Holger’s bark resembling MADBALL’s Freddy at times in ‘Deny Defend Dispose’. The bass-heavy ‘Tormentor’ and ‘Never Again’, with its disjointed time signatures, prove again that if you’re looking for a band that “gets” crossover, well cross on over to DEATHBLOW and Open Season.
Review By: Lord Randall
DEATHBLOW
Open Season [EP]
Sewer Mouth Records