Bhang Khang 2011 Demo

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Tracklist:
1. Dark Tower
2. Bhanghammer
3. Replaced With Snakes
4.Cleaver Retriever
5. Plague of Frogs
6. Eyehateithere


Release Date: 01/01/2011

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Kamille Bidan USER (94 Reviews)

November 26th, 2011 | 27 replies | 1,659 views

3 of 3 thought this review was well written

As recent years have seen a boom in punk and hardcore influenced black metal it was really only a matter of time before grim face-painted warriors of darkness began to dabble in one of hardcore's most aggressive forms, powerviolence. This is where the United States based Bhang Khang come in - formed just this year, the group to date has only a single demo to their name but their extremely tight performance coupled with obvious compositional talent easily makes it one of the best [demos] released this year.

While powerviolence and black metal play a much more prevalent role in Bhang Khang's sound the band does occasionally slow it down for a heavy, trudging sludge breakdown, adding even more depth to Bhang Khang's sonic stew. The juxtaposition of the band's central genres is displayed rather cleverly in a diverse array of ways here, sometimes showing the two existing within a single riff and other times with a more clear-cut separation. Overall they are balanced quite nicely, and with sludge's slow paced, bass laced crawl breaking up the blinding speed of PV and BM, the album avoids a certain monotony while also lending towards its overall longevity. In only a ten minute span a listen to Bhang Khang's 2011 Demo is definitely a bang worth its buck and should definitely be explored by anyone who listens to hardcore, black metal and/or fancies a combination of the two.

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TheSpirit
November 26th 2011



13836 Comments

Album Rating: 4

Really short review for a really short demo

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Vesper
November 26th 2011



2876 Comments

Album Rating: 3

Listening to this right now. :]

TheSpirit
November 26th 2011



13836 Comments

Album Rating: 4

This makes me happy :] I Can always trust you Vesper!

LordOfAlexandria
November 26th 2011



264 Comments

Album Rating: 3

A solid 10 minutes. Know where I can buy this?

Tyraelxy
November 26th 2011



11943 Comments


This sounds amazing

WANT

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TheSpirit
November 26th 2011



13836 Comments

Album Rating: 4

I just noticed a few errors but I'm on my phone right now so ill change them later. I'm not sure where you can buy this and yes you should get this Ty

MisterSteel
November 26th 2011



381 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Review has me sold, gonna go find this now.

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sifFlammable
November 26th 2011



2669 Comments


ching chang ching chang chong

BallsToTheWall
Contributing Reviewer
November 26th 2011



36782 Comments


Good review.

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TheSpirit
November 26th 2011



13836 Comments

Album Rating: 4

spanks dude

Vesper
November 26th 2011



2876 Comments

Album Rating: 3

Just realized these guys broke up in May... solid demo, though.

Also, what's up with them being non-Asian dudes from Baton Rouge with some kind of South Asian band name and Japanese text on their cover? I don't geddit, hahaha.

AngelofDeath
Contributing Reviewer
November 26th 2011



14899 Comments


Yeah, the band name sounds Thai, but they have Japanese on the cover. Go figure.

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RiffOClock
November 26th 2011



8087 Comments


grim face-painted warriors of darkness

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seedofnothing
November 26th 2011



3159 Comments


"their extremely tight performance coupled with obvious compositional talent easily makes it one of
the best [demos] released this year"

i hope this wording doesn't let me down

also very nice review, and although very short, i would have liked to have seen it broken up into
about 3 paragraphs

other than that, pos, because your clear and concise

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TheSpirit
November 26th 2011



13836 Comments

Album Rating: 4

thanks mang, next review will be longer

seedofnothing
November 26th 2011



3159 Comments


"next review will be longer"

length was actually perfect, i don't know about most of the other peeps, but I personally like really short and to the point reviews

TheSpirit
November 26th 2011



13836 Comments

Album Rating: 4

Well I'm glad that wasn't an issue, shorter reviews tend to get panned hardcore here although I dunno why really, they can be just as effective. Plus an album like this doesn't need anything more than this anyway really

sifFlammable
November 26th 2011



2669 Comments


wait a minute so ur ok with the length, but you want this length to be divided into 3 paragraphs

TheSpirit
November 27th 2011



13836 Comments

Album Rating: 4

i was wondering about that myself

rasputin
Contributing Reviewer
November 27th 2011



14001 Comments


yeah i would divide that up, if not three at least into two



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