Asocial - How Could Hardcore Get Any Worse? (1984)

Asocial - How Could Hardcore Get Any Worse? (1984)

Released in 1984 as a split with Bedrovlers, but actually recorded in 1982. This is a fucking ripping set of songs. While the 1980 demo alluded towards both fast and heavy songs, this record focused solely on fast songs. There are actually many moments that sound like power-violence. Take Nar Kriget Ar Har. It has one of those breaks, where the whole band apart from the bass, stops. And then the bassist plays some sloppy line-ensuing the band to crash in with total blast-madness.

Probably because some punk fan edited a Wikipedia entry on blast-beats. Asocial have become a bit infamous with their ridiculously speedy songs. As such, some cite them as playing the blast-beat before anyone else. Yeah, yeah. I hear you naysayers farting on about jazz drummers. But i think the worlds are a bit too different. The drummers in the early extreme bands are usually just Discharge worship. So the blast-beats you hear in Asocial, Napalm Death, ENT, are just sped up punk beats. Chances are, the drummers in these bands were not jazz fans. They were probably just pushing the speed for the sake of it.

Anyway, this is a great record. A bit lo-fi, but a really cool document in punk and extreme music.

Linky, Link:
https://mega.co.nz/#!VEYU2ZTR!bdj1CAlus81zQcTwg1jTc5YbF6Fj198xvMfv0SAQH_A