Cool vinyl edition of this anarchist folk/thrash/crust bands debut album!

I'm all about the small explosion of folk/post-rock influenced crustcore and hardcore punk bands that have appeared recently...bands like Wake Up On Fire and

Remains Of The Day combining aggressive, anarcho-conscious hardcore with cellos and tribal percussion. It seems that the politically charged post-rock of

Godspeed You! Black Emperor made an impression on the underground anarchopunk scene, and now we're seeing bands combining all kinds of non-rock elements with

their heavy hardcore. One of the best bands around right now doing this sort of thing are Minneapolis' Garmonbozia, whose crushing progressive crustcore is

almost like a weird mix of Crass, Neurosis, and heavy metallic thrash backed by an Eastern European chamber folk ensemble. Like Wake Up On Fire and Remains

Of The Day, Garmonbozia uses cello to add a haunting, folkish atmosphere to raging hardcore anthems, and they move from intricate melodies to blasts of

heavy D-beat thrash, fronted by two pissed-off female vocalists. But unlike those aforementioned bands, Garmonbozia uses the cello as the lead instrument,

and the melodies are eerie and aged, and the whole album has a slightly mystical feel that you don't normally hear on a Profane Existence album. In between

their ferocious screaming, the vocalists also do alot of the Crass speak/sing thing over some of the quieter parts with pointed, heavy social-and-scene

outrage. This is definitely one of the more interesting releases I've heard from Profane Existence. And stay tuned for the hidden untitled track at the end,

it's a speedy thrashcore ripper with that cello weaving an awesome melody over total blastbeat hardcore. Powerful, heavy and atmospheric.