November 27, 2007

Coliseum - No Salvation

If Fugazi were on Deathwish Inc., they might be Coliseum. Thus, abstract yet hard-hitting politics meet dirty tones, Motörhead worship, unison bends, and a general hardcore ethic. Ryan Patterson’s howl even suggests Guy Picciotto with more testosterone (“defeater” sounds like “repeater”). Kurt Ballou’s behind the boards on No Salvation (Relapse, 2007), so it pulses with...