We can always rest assured that any band that features Richard Johnson in its ranks is gonna slay. This guy is a legend in the Washington DC area extreme music community; throughout the 1990's, his band Enemy Soil was one of the most devestating politically-tinged grindcore outfits on the East Coast, and over the past few years Richard has also worked with grind units Agoraphobic Nosebleed and The Index, as well as continuing to publish his long-running underground music zine Disposable Underground. Drugs Of Faith is his newish band, a kickass power trio that has been kicking around for a couple of years now but just recently released this debut EP through Polish death/grind imprint Selfmadegod (which is also home to futuristic grinders Antigama and the Godflesh-inspired blast/dirge monstrosity of Third Degree). Drugs Of Faith are totally rooted in brutal, downtuned ultra-heavy grindcore, but Richard's guitar playing adds alot in the way of weird, dissonant chords and off-kilter,textured guitar playing that sort of makes this sound like a spastic, grindy version of Die Kreuzen, or maybe Black Flag mixed up with the weird dissonant riffs from mid-period Voivod maybe, a jagged hardcore-inflected grind assault that breaks off into crushing, almost noise-rock style riffage, all fronted by Richard's ferocious barking vocals and his trademark brand of super pissed-off political/personal lyrics. Ferocious, progressive grindcore from one of the masters! Eight songs in just over 15 minutes.