By: Daniel Jackson
Album Type:
Full Length
Date Released:
21/07/2015
Label: Grimoire
Records
Lifetime Shitlist
feels completely pretension-free; the album comes across like they just thrash
and yell because it’s what they love to do, and sadly it’s something of a
breath of fresh air in that sense. It’s the kind of sincerity a huge chunk of
metal bands could learn from in 2015.
‘Pneumaticon’ CD//DD track listing:
1. Flag Draped
Coffins
2. Burned at the
Stake
3. Blood Money
4. Horse Drawn
5. Psychic Vampires
6. Unhinged
7. Give it Up
8. Lip Service
Rituals
9. Negative
Polarity
10. Another Charade
Lifetime Shitlist is:
Dave
Pennington | Vocals
Metal
Matt Crocco | Guitars
Bryan
Glaiser | Drums
Ryan
Larkin | Bass
The Review:
Having
gone with Lifetime Shitlist based on the name alone,
which may or may not be a shout out to Japanese grind weirdos Bathtub Shitter, I was expecting something a bit grindier.
Instead, I was treated to some fun, if well-worn hardcore with a smattering of
death and doom influence. It’s the sort of album I imagine putting on at a
barbeque with friends of mine with a deep history of loving hardcore. The
reason that’s so specific is because this is an album that’s really only going
to appeal to a certain demographic: crusty old fucks who want their hardcore
albums sounding like they did in the 80s.
It’s
in that way that the album has its charm for me. It’s not something I’ll be
breaking out all the time, but I can imagine the people who love this sort of
thing going insane for it. Musically, the album shows plenty of variety
tempo-wise, with everything from thrashy punk beats to slower breakdowns (no,
not djenty ones) used, and more often than not, everything flows together
nicely. The guitar work will certainly feel familiar to anyone who's heard a Discharge or Poison Idea album, in
fact there’s a Poison Idea cover on the album. For the more
metal-minded among us, you might find some common ground through older Obituary or very early Corrosion of Conformity.
The vocals may be a sticking point for metal fans who aren’t used to throaty
delivery ala Cal Morris from Discharge or Al Long
from Nausea, but otherwise there should be some
crossover appeal.
At
only 23 minutes, ‘Pneumaticon’ is an
easy listen and can make for an all too important palate-cleanser in the midst
of all of the postblackgazedoom, and so on, that metal fans seem to be
inundated with on a constant basis right now. Lifetime Shitlist
feels completely pretension-free; the album comes across like they just thrash
and yell because it’s what they love to do, and sadly it’s something of a
breath of fresh air in that sense. It’s the kind of sincerity a huge chunk of
metal bands could learn from in 2015.
You can pick up
both a cd copy & digital copy here.
FFO:
Discharge, COC, Poison Idea, Obituary
Band
info: Facebook
