A horrible hack

Iron Lung

Sexless//No Sex

Year Released: 2007
Format: LP
Label: Prank
 
Reviewed by Alex Deller
Possibly the best band to grace the modern-day hardcore scene are back and having at it with their second full-length, another glowering masterpiece that should force 95% of current acts to meekly shut up shop and the rest to pull their fucking socks up. ‘Sexless//No Sex’ doesn’t derogate far from the band’s tried n’ tested pattern – a lung-scorching mix of medically-themed hardcore, grind and powerviolence drawing from the likes of Crossed Out, Despise You and Discordance Axis – but somehow seems more keenly honed than ever before, each cruel note, every mutant roar and every ear-splitting crack of the snare where it is for a goddamn reason. From heel-digging dirge to lightspeed blasts, each of the 20 tracks drips with blistering, futility-hewn rage, the likes of ‘Cancer’ and ‘Here//Alone’ despondent to the point of utter collapse but gritting their teeth and forging on regardless, unblinking eyes fixed firmly on the finish line and the illusory respite it offers.
Recommended record by Collective Zine!

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