Asocial Demo (1980)

Asocial - Demo (1980)

Not quite as mean as they eventually became as few years down the line. Asocial were a Swedish hardcore band, D-Beats and all. While this demo doesn't have the best sound, it's a nice insight into
the early years of one of the finest Swedecore bands of the 80s.

Although they don't have the unique identity they carved out with their later work, the songs here are very interesting. With some tracks being melodic, some being brutal, and some being fucking fast for 1980...seriously, this challenges any American band. It's pretty funny how some songs such as Meninglost Liv are fairly melodic, while other such as Vi Behover Inte Er sound like the singer is getting his intestines pulled out. Crazy shit, indeed. And it's not just the vocals that are extreme for the time either. The whole band is absolutely raging through these tracks. To think that Discharge unleashed themselves with Realities of War in the same year! Not only can they be praised for their sheer extremity for 1980, but the actually playing is impressive. With stop-starts, solos (the guitarist ain't too shabby), drum fills, tempo shifts, general band dynamics, song-writing, and just managing not to be one-dimensional playing D-Beat is a feat in it's own.

So, this is a cool demo. Later on Asocial would experiment with some of the approaches they show here. Particularly the speed and brutality. For those who like Swede punk, give this demo a try.

Linky, Link:
https://mega.co.nz/#!lIpxiJLC!n5Z3mIytm5v_38WeTBrkyKRqmwFXMTYEQXmW4sgUESw