So what happens when you get some O.G. hardcore heads together to start a band and bang out some atomic tunes? You end up with a band of brothers that go by the name of Arson Anthem, who released an off the hook album entitled Insecurity Notoriety via Housecore Records. I’m a product of the 80’s hardcore movement, and there is a certain way I want to hear my hardcore – Arson Anthem gives me that fix plus more! I know some of the heads in this band roamed the streets of New Orleans in the 80’s as punk rock weirdos, and that shit never left their DNA. What’s so fucking radical about Insecurity Notoriety is that these motherfuckers can play their instruments better than most bands could during the 80’s, and this brings a different edge to the sonic mayhem that they discharge with every tune! Arson Anthem set out to make an album that had the spirit of a bygone era, but they were also smart enough to allow their musical experience beyond hardcore seep into their tunes. These dudes channel some off-kilter beings in the way they write – they layer SST weirdness on top of metallic angst. Arson Anthem’s songs at times hold your face in the dirge of caustic mud, and they slap you in the back of the neck with a subversive melody. This album has many zany catchy moments – it sounds sweeter than southern Kool Aid, just check out the guitar/drum parts on “Initial Prick” or “Death of an Idiot,” then you will get where I’m coming from. Lyrically, Mike IX is spot on, and his vocal delivery is filled with rancid attitude. Arson Anthem do just that: create some nuclear anthems of that could have the whole universe stagediving. I have one bone to pick with Arson Anthem – where were they in ’82? I would have loved to paint their band’s name on my jacket or spray paint “Arson Anthem” on walls! If you dig hardcore, get with this fucking slab of mayhem!
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