Extreme Noise Terror, “A Holocaust In Your Head” (Head Eruption, 1989)
The late ‘80s UK “grindcore” scene took rock’s most brutal subgenres to their ultimate, apocalyptic limit, and what Boltthrower did for metal, Extreme Noise Terror did for hardcore. Wind-tunnel guitar-roar that blows out anything that isn’t nailed down and puts NORAD on alert, drums going for the demolish-your-kit-the-quickest Guinness-book record, some unwashed Brit crust-punk haranguing McDonald’s customers about vivisection and corporate genocide way back in the mix. This makes Negative Fix and Void sound like the Knack.
All great, especially 2, 5, 6, 12, but nobody who hasn’t had a few hundred cups of coffee will understand the vocals anyway.