Whether you're sober or at the peak of your drinking, but in a calm state, sometimes you need something to drive you crazy. You want to crank up something that raises your adrenaline to the max. Australian hardcore band Pisschrist delivers exactly that — channeling pure rage, anger, and brutality in the most ultimate form through a brutal d-beat hardcore-crust fusion that seems like their bodies just couldn’t contain the fury, so it exploded through their veins and into their music. In recent years, they’ve become one of Australia’s best rising hardcore acts, especially with this album.
Their second LP, dinin kurbanları (victims of religion), hits like a meteor crashing down on your head while walking down the street. Despite their Aussie roots, it’s clear they’ve been heavily influenced by Sweden’s hammering d-beat warriors like Disfear, Wolfbrigade, Skitsystem, Avskum, Mob 47, and even the legendary Japanese act Disclose. Mix in the rocking rawness of Motörhead’s rackin’ roll beats, and a dash of E.N.T. and Poison Idea, and Pisschrist serves a brutal platter of exactly what hardcore crust enthusiasts want.
Currently, they hold significant weight in Australia’s “do it yourself” hardcore scene, representing a new generation committed to pure, no-nonsense, hammering metal-crustcore, without the dilution of post-modern hardcore trends or metalcore nonsense.
With 15 devastating tracks, the album is like a machine gun firing relentless d-beat and more d-beat, blasting your brain with hardcore-metal fusion. Pisschrist doesn’t hold back in taking aim at all religions and their abuses, media power and control, societal struggles, totalitarian regimes, system slavery, the poseurs of the hardcore punk scene, and various other topics.
Their brutal crust vocals roar like a raging bull, guitars cut with razor-sharp Swedish crusty tones, distortion layers pile up, and speedy hardcore riffs reminiscent of Poison Idea add perfect variation. The old-school, raw, unrelenting kangelpunk style d-beat drums keep the attack fierce. Some standout tracks like “Deportation” start with a fast punk-thrash riff and build up with choir vocals to send you soaring through the roof. And soaring is the whole point: “Victims Of Faith,” “Bullshit Media Attack,” “Detenation,” “Left For Dead” — all hit with crust and extreme metal intensity, and the entire album follows suit. Curious about “Rip Off”? Think E.N.T.
These guys aren’t just playing music — they’re vomiting pure rage at the fucked-up system, blasting the bullshit with total brutal kangpunk d-beat fury. No compromise, no mercy.