Bleak and distant. Two words that more than aptly describe Bible Thumper’s unholy half of their split with Thetan. This New Brunswick, NJ outfit churn out a rough, creature-like bit of D-beat evil. The sound materializes into a claustrophobic chamber wreathed in faraway anguish. Wrath permeates these three tracks, rubbing scaled grime deep into the sheer noise. The pieces at points coalesce to the point of being unrecognizable, while these are often counterbalanced with glorious malevolence.
“Soft Skull” opens with a sheen of discomfort, blasting off into a dirty ride that charges into ever-shifting cascades of accelerating torment. Screams of varying pitch and clarity form a mournful, ghostly chorus that accents the blistering percussion and scum-under-your-fingernails guitars. The bass mean mugs, out-muscling all but the torturous wails, attributing “Soft Skull” as the split’s most menacing track.
“Debt” is all speed on furious wheels, ripping through its sixty-second length without breaking into so much as a bead of slime. Shouts rage beneath the maelstrom sound, unleashing theological obscenities in pained bursts.
Attitude-thick bass lines hammer into you almost immediately on the formidable “Hell Hog.” A snout-pummeling reward of snarling guitars, cadence ravaging drums and bloody cries wreak utter sonic havoc, ending Bible Thumper’s killing spree with a satisfyingly mad grimace.
A free download of these songs can be found at their Bandcamp, in addition to Bible Thumper’s other releases.
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