Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Alpinist & Masakari Split - (2011)


I missed both of these guys playing a house gig in San Diego by a week which I heard got shut down anyways but Alpinist would possibly be my favorite Crustcore band to date. Sure they decided to name there band after Alps mountain climbers but these German Lads are Extremely Dark, brutal, and melodic in all the right places. The German langage is perfect for all these things.  Masakari are pretty similar to Alpinist by delivering super gritty angry hardcore with good old blast beat now and then but once you get to their section of the album it sounds some what lacking after Alpinist. 



Tracklist:
Alpinist
1. Abgerichtet
2. Subjection
3. Steps
4. Unwanted Encore
5. Postmodern Problems
6. Quelle Valeur Reste?
Masakari
7. XVII - The Obscene Underbelly
8. XIX - Void Manufacturing
9. XVIII - Sleep
10. XXII Q. Culture? A. Resist
11. XXIV Trapped in the Mold
12. XXI Progress
13. XXIII Hexenhammer
14. XX Modulation