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NEQUIENT “Avarice”
NEQUIENT “Avarice”
By Dr. Abner Mality
This band is one of the hidden gems in the Chicago extreme music scene…if not the entire scene itself. Every record hits with maximum force and seems to improve on the one before it, which is impressive considering their debut was very good in itself. One thing can’t be denied and that is that NEQUIENT is PISSED! And they want everybody to know it!
“Avarice” is not just angrier, but much stranger than what the band has done before. The NEQUIENT sound can best be described as a collision of DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN hardcore, tech-death extremity and a kind of VOIVODish nervousness and anxiety.The tunes all twitch and flip like frogs hit with electricity, switching riff and tempo at a frantic pace. Yet somehow it doesn’t go overboard into completely WTF? realms. Clap your bleeding ears on the likes of “Splenetic and Moribund”, “Rintrah Roars” and “Obsolete Machines” to hear some fascinatingly batshit extremity that’s the equivalent of a sonic rollercoaster.
One thing that really stands out about “Avarice” is its violent contempt for our current civilization. The hatred for our current regime and encroaching mechanization is palpable on tracks like “Mad King/Fool” (3 guesses who that’s about), “Siege Mentality” and “Enshittification”. The sneering vocals give everything an extra twist of hatred. This is music where you can feel that we’ve already passed the point of no return.
Technical without being pretentious, brutal without being mindless and just plain mean, “Avarice” is the best NEQUIENT yet. For Christ’s sake, get on the case!
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