Various Artists
Police Bastard & War//Plague - Attrition split LP
Profane Existence (2011)
Attrition brings together two punk bands from opposing sides of the Atlantic Ocean—England’s Police Bastard and the United States' War//Plague. Most of the material was recorded at various points in 2009 but not released on vinyl until May of 2011, when Profane Existence Records pressed up a couple thousand slabs of wax to unleash to patched-up masses. Former members of punk luminaries such as Doom, English Dogs and Contempt make up Birmingham’s Police Bastard. Their side of the record is a newer version of a previously released CD-only outing called It’s Good To Hate. There are two covers included—Rudimentary Peni’s “Blasphemy Squad” and The Mob (UK)’s “I Wish.” Neither of which are done convincingly enough to warrant an argument for their inclusion here. In fact “I Wish” is repurposed into some sort of emo-punk song that could have been picked right off of Jawbreaker’s Dear You album. Not what you’d expect, yet kind of indicative of Police Bastard’s side as a whole—pretty tame stuff actually. The rest of their tracks are a lot like any number of Behind Enemy Lines’ songs—good messages, but kind of an annoying delivery.War//Plague is from Minneapolis, MN and is made up of veterans of that … Read more
Morning Again
As Tradition Dies Slowly
Revelation (1998)
Without a doubt, As Tradition Dies Slowly is easily the most metal record that Revelation ever put out (at least … Read more
The Nerve Agents
Days Of The White Owl
Revelation (2000)
Though not as revered as the final album from The Nerve Agents, Days Of The White Owl is certainly a … Read more
