Human Bodies are a young band from Boston, Massachusetts, playing a caustic blend of punk and raw black metal. With this first Demo, simply called “Demo MMXIII“, Human Bodies unleashes 4 furious and vicious slabs of some good raw black punk (by the way, people must come up with a new name for this genre fast!). This band already has assets in its musical background, with members playing in some underground crust/punk/doom acts like Aspects of War, Negligence and Fórn. So I guess they took all of their influences and created this beast.
Soundwise, the Demo sounds great. I mean, it’s raw… but still audible. It’s not that wall of caustic noise that we usually get in most bands preaching this genre. Keep in mind also that this was a DIY recording by the band, with which I think they did a terrific job. The tracks have a strong punk vibe at their core, but they also seem to flow from crust to black metal at some points. To me, it sounds almost if Cursed turned into a raw black metal band, because besides their sound being quite harsh, it also holds some melodic and catchy riff work. But falling into reality, I guess that Human Bodies’ sound might fit in the same bag as bands like Witch In Her Tomb, Cape of Bats and other bands in the genre.
The result of this is that the Demo tape is already sold out, but the good news is that there might be a repress in the works soon… so don’t miss this chance to grab one copy. Negative aspects here? Well, the small amount of tracks, only four, with each around two minutes in length. But it’s more than enough for you to get an idea of what will you have here. Really good stuff, and I look forward to hearing more from this band. Check them out below and please check out the new track these guys have up, it sounds quite different from their Demo, it’s going to be a killer for sure.
violentreaction
February 3, 2014 at 1:21 pm
This is okay. Dregs is a ripper.
Baconcheese burger
February 1, 2014 at 12:16 pm
Noice filth