picture by
Aaron Rhodes |
D.Y.E is a new hardcore punk band hailing from Kansas City,
Missouri, featuring members of
Tremenda Venganza,
Trauma Plate,
Big Cola,
Kolumbine Kids
and other KC punk acts.
These guys released a demo and full length in a few months earlier this
year and guess what? they both totally rip.
Released on
Dirt Bag
in May this 4-track demo is pure aggression from start to finish, the
intro is a sample sounding like
someone opening the door to a bar, smashing a bottle, and immediately
starting a fight (another Saturday night in KC?), so consider yourself
warned: you're gonna get some!
D.Y.E's tracks are short, fast and angry as fuck hardcore punk
gems alternating between fast and heavy parts on which the vocalist never
stops throwing out hate and disgust. It's a demo so it probably sounds
heavier that it should (a lot of mosh parts reminiscent of the heavy side
of the early NY hardcore scene), sounding a bit like a "tough guy"
hardcore band at time.
It's a cool demo but slightly too "heavy" for me, thankfully the real
deal is coming next with... RULES!
Once again released on
Dirtbag Distro, Rules is the embodiment of everything that every hardcore punk
fan expects. It's short, fast and bloody aggressive! In a nutshell it
totally rips from start to finish!
Featuring a classic but cool and restrained artwork by
Swiasty, this record is not in bad taste overkill at all, just twelve pure
hardcore punk ripper tracks that's all! With nine of them clocking in
before the 1:30 mark this is done in total no-bullshit mode, no time's
wasted here ma'am, oh no! Recalling early 80s USHC or some bands from the
No Way Records
catalogue, D.Y.E perfectly masters the recipe of a
great hardcore punk song, not forgetting to plant a few seeds of heaviness here and there but
in a much more subtle way than on the demo this time (and that's a lot better).
I can think of bands like
Glib
or
Discovery
but above all if you liked
Loss Prevention
(from KC as well), you'll love D.Y.E. The new hardcore sound of the Midwest?
Definitely one of my favourite record of the year.
N,J'Oi!
You can listen to D.Y.E on Rien à Faire #28.
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