Listen to “Destroy.” FIRST BLOOD’s opening salvo on this split reminds me of everything from the DBeat drenched 2000s, and the rest of their side continues the theme. Howling, rampaging fist banging hardcore….can’t really imagine you need much more of endorsement than that. Obligatory SHITLICKERS cover and a song called “War” tomtop it off. As if that weren’t enough, this tape has a backside and it starts with “Absolute Country Of Violence.” A SISTEM RIJEK are the blown out and completely fukkn destroyed version of ’00s DBeat worship. Everything absolutely pegged, drums awash in pulsing distortion – brainfuck hardcore that makes you tired just listening to it. The riffs are there, turning into weird proto-dubstep mutations on tracks like “Fucked Up Justice Fucked Up System” – I love not knowing if a band tried to push the sonic envelope with the recording or if they were just going real (really) hard and thought this sounded good. Well, punks…? It sounds great.
