One of Portugal’s best kept secret is Revengeance, a five piece power-violence locomotive formed by rrriot grrrrl Inês (Vocals), Fat Bastard (Vocals), Deris (Guitar), Pedro (Bass) and Jimmy (Drums).
Taking its first steps in 2011, and already with three releases under their belts, Revengeance took the punk scene by storm with its unique blend of 80´s hardcore, proto-grindcore and all the cult 90´s power-violence bands, and adding a sprinkle of “fuck off” attitude. In just one year they managed to play all the key Portuguese festival and support slots for some overseas acts.
It’s true that in Portugal there’s no background when it comes to this type of registration but with “Complacency Complacent” it shows us that Revengeance have studied their lesson very well. Having among its ranks, some members with a solid music background in heavy music, but this time they have gathered strengths and created a very sharpened sound capable of creating bruises along its way.
“Complacency Complacent”, their second full-length, unleashes in just 10 minutes, 12 tracks of the most poisonous power-violenced punk/hardcore. Opening hostilities with the track “The Model Citizen” in which the band uses a sample taken from the movie “Taxi Driver.” The use of these short excerpts taken from cult movies or series are used and abused on this genre, so it’s no surprise that you will hear some of those on “Complacency Complacent” leaving that “dejá-heard” on your head for hours or even days. But let’s focus on Revengeance music, the band accomplishes in just over 1 minute (the “longest” track is about 1:23) to cause as most damage as possible. Songs like “Drunken Dialects”, “(R) helix”, “Lex Talionis” or “Jockcore Mentality” are like these small bombs that burst one after the other and whose splinters fly off in all directions while the sonic attack is controlled on the background by the voices of Inês and Fat Bastard.
One of the highlights in this record is the fact that, in the midst of this organized chaos, there’s still space for a great cover of Void’s “Controller”. Revegeance’s music holds no secrets, no tricks. Just simple, straight-forward, in-you-face, mean-as-fuck punk/hardcore.
[audio:http://staging.cvltnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/07-Controller-Void-Cover.mp3|titles= Revegeance – Controller (Void cover)]“Complacent Complacency” will be available soon throughout the hand of Ruins Records in the meantime keep an eye open on both label and band Facebook.
Meanwhile check out Revengeance’s Bandcamp in order to hear more from them. Listen to this or die!!
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