HELLBASTARD – Sons of Bitches EP
- by Peter Loftus
- Posted on 05-04-2013
20 years plus and crusty crossover merchants Hellbastard are still peddling the same old thrash influenced punk. On the good side, you can hear straight off that this is a mature band who’ve been together for yonks and know their way around their instruments and the studio. There are some cool riffs and some of the choruses are pretty memorable too. On the negative side, there isn’t really anything here that you haven’t heard before, either through Hellbastard or whatever you’ve been exposed to in the last few years. All of which means it is more important than ever that the songs on offer distinguish themselves. And while they are consistently very good, they never really reach the point of excellence or even greatness. One for the anarcho-crust brigade only I’m afraid.