Crushingest Band Ever.

State Of Fear - Discography

Don't let the cheeziness of this cover fool you - This is the band that seeded the whole "Milennium Crust" (I can't believe I just typed that) thing here in the U.S. (If you disagree with that opinion, fine. Keep it to yrself - I don't care. I was there and you are wrong.) (Let me clarify here: I'm not saying that these guys were originators in any sense. They took the 80's (maybe late 70's too? I'm not an expert) scandi sound, which was a take on Discharge's sound - So what I'm saying here is that they took that idea, maybe stole some riffs too [I can't verify this], and repackaged it for the 90's and got I would say at least as much exposure as the bands they were style jacking. There's nothing wrong with copying someone else's sound if you can do it better...)

Rising from the ashes of Lynn, MA. (Which was news to me; I always thought they were from Conneticut.) band Disrupt, these guys took the Scandi style hooks of that band and dropped the tempo changes and guitar solos in favor of a straight forward, balls-out attack. Look somewhere else for blastbeats, witty scene commentary, or fun. If you've ever downed a bottle of cheap whiskey and still had the presence of mind to be pissed off about the government, the cops and the whole shitty system (or just yr miserable, scabies-ridden existence) afterwards, this record is gonna appeal to you on some level.

This was the first D-beat band I ever got really, really into. Now that I think about it, this was the ONLY band that played that style in a straight-up way that I've ever been real into (I always thought that His Hero Is Gone had a very similar sound in terms of the hooky riffs and the vocal attack. HHIG had much more intricate arrangements, more diverse sounds, but SOF's rhythm section was tighter - pretty much unbeatable if you ask me). I think some of the Japanese bands (Framtid, most notably) come close to the power and intensity of this band, but honestly, to my ear they are just lacking something. The Disclose stuff I've heard seem like they might come close, but the extra poor sound quality of the recordings eat away alot of the power - Something that SOF had in spades. There have been hundreds of bands that do this exact style, and I have never heard one better.

This band will destroy you.

State Of Fear Myspace



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