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| 3.7 great | Erwann S. EMERITUS | July 1st 20 |
OG H8000. The 'H' stands for...hardcore (surprising eh), and the '8000' stands for the postal code indicating where the genre originated, in West-Flanders. Small digression, West-Vlaamse aren't known in Belgium to be super hardcore dudes (it's the only Belgian province having a sea access, and they are seen as stubborn, cheap and old-fashioned, but with a good disposition), yet the province originated H8000 and the best Belgian band ever - fucking Amenra. It needs to be said that it's not strictly hardcore - the bands having a clear death influence - but rather metalcore/deathcore (not that 2000s shit tho). This record is on the deathcore side of H8000, and god it fucking rips. Riffs are death ones with that late 90s metalcore prod, the drumming is hard-hitting and kinda sounds shitty - it does fit the aesthetic so I'll give it a pass - and the vocalist sounds like the commander of a demonic legion . It's only 18 minutes long, but it does show some varying aspects: the first 15 minutes are good, straight-up "in yo face" deathcore, but the last three minutes are what makes this release truly special, the penultimate track pulling out a magnificent clean riff on top of the cacophony, and the last one relying on a synth that would fit damn well on a Burzum record. These last three minutes are especially really fucking good. Great hidden gem.
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