Rash Decision and The Forthcoming ‘Karoshi’.
Rash Decision – Falmouth, England, United Kingdom.
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Falmouth four-piece Rash Decision are band a little heavy-hitting. Imagine relentless and gloom-ridden 80’s Hardcore Punk blended with abrasive Thrash Metal riffage and break-downs worthy of NYC styled Hardcore. Imagine that and you’re really quite close to understanding Rash Decision, a band who are soon to be releasing their latest record via a whole host of labels including but not limited too Pumpkin Records, TNS Records, Shatterpunk and more.
Karoshi is set to release this coming May and as if by magic we have been exposed to the dirge that is ‘900 Minutes’ as it starts proceedings with nothing but relentless old-school Hardcore tempo piled with modern rage and light but indeed abrasive shredding.
‘The Martockian’ takes it back a step on the ferocity with an intro more typical of early Pennywise before the tone quick changes and the pace escalates into something more reminiscent of Gorilla Biscuits or CIV. Rash Decision wait for no one and in the fashion of many of the Hardcore classics breeze through ‘Snakes’ despite the tempo faltering into a Stoner-Punk gloom teasingly before more tenacity.
‘Buzzsaw Tomahawk’ has a Crust Punk vibe thrown into its dual vocals and a NYC-Hardcore slower riff-driven assault as Rash Decision quite expertly get away with shamelessly showing their influences as often as they can. But then you are introduced to the cream of the crop that is ‘The Seagul Has Landed’ as Rash Decision combine this east-coast Battery-esque US Hardcore with a rash decision to flow unexpectedly but still somehow seamlessly into pure Melodic Hardcore and Skate Punk in their most melodic notes yet without losing their signature rage.
The difference between Karoshi and its predecessors is clear, RD are faster and more relentless, they haven’t completely forsaken the Thrash and D-Beat-esque riffs but simply use them sparingly and in more opportune moments, with ‘Fuck The Tide’ standing as an excellent example after the sheer pace of ‘Learning Part 5’.
Karoshi is a long album, and it’s an album we have little to go on bar the public ‘900 Minutes’ and it’s album through early access we can see is simply rage incarnate. Now, as you’ve had your taster and few words from further behind the lines, the rest is up to you.
Find Them:
- Social Media/Updates: Facebook.
- Music: bandcamp, Spotify, Google Play, iTunes/Apple Music.
- You can pre-order the album via the bands BigCartel page and it will be available digitally from the above upon release.
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