Malodorous Kernel
Startled I definitely was earlier this year. Extinction of Mankind was just about to start playing but then I found out that they are not a household name within the crust punk scene. I was talking excitedly about EoM with a friend just before their gig and he just said “Uh but to be honest I do not know em” and that is friend is more than a little familiar with crust punk. I looked around and noticed that he was not the only one. So I guess I have to introduce them first. Extinction of Mankind play metallic crust with a death metal edge. They have ties with DooM, Napalm Death and quite a few other bands. They have been around since 92 and they have released a fair number of records and mostly have stuck to the same style since day one.
Core to their sound is the slower kind of crust in the style of Amebix, Hellshock and Sacrilege. They took the most metallic riffs from these bands and coupled it with a drummer that likes classic Motörhead a lot. So while this album is still mostly crust punk, this album also manages to be fairly metallic in a death metal sense. For death metal standards however this album is kind of sparse. This style of music is more about fury than throwing as many riffs as possible at the listener and I would say Extinction of Mankind succeeded at creating a very angry record. This album just contains so much deeply ingrained anger. This is also the appeal of this style of music. However as this is a rather narrow style a band has to be fairly exceptional to produce 40 minutes plus of top rate material. Sadly this is were the band falls just short. Some tracks just are not as energising and powerful. The weaker tracks are still pretty decent but they do drag the album down a bit.
If they had cut the run time on this album to about 30 minutes, I think it would be an even better listen. There is just a bit too much not quite filler. However Storm is in my opinion also their best album since their debut. Most songs on this record are just so angry and powerful that the songs that are just entertaining are not even close to being a real stain on the experience.
Final score: 85/100
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