I am once again interrupting my work on larger projects to write a pointless review of an obscure hardcore-punk 7" that I downloaded from an mp3 blog years ago and subsequently lost into my never-ending pile of CD-Rs. I detailed the circumstances of all that in my recent Teenage Depression review so I'll just jump straight to the meat of the matter with this one.
Bombanfall was a mid-to-late 1980s Swedish hardcore band that, from all the online info I can find, self-released this 7" without a record label in 1987. I probably could have just said "1980s Swedish hardcore" and left it at that because they are so indicative of the style with almost no attempt whatsoever at variation, but it's a cool style and fans of this stuff aren't really looking for innovation anyway. The obvious points of reference are Motorhead and Discharge, just even dirtier and taking even more uppers; classic "D-Beat" assault-drums for much of the 8 minutes this EP goes for. There are also (still, obvious) elements of Amebix-style dirgy crust-metal on a few tracks, especially the 4th song "Iskallt Regn," as well as slight FX on the vocals to make them seem more evil, like how GISM used to do. The drum-rolls on "Halsning Fran Helvetet" sound like bullets and that song has a pretty cool Halloween-esque solo part in the middle.
For the most part this is another Swedish D-beat thrasher that didn't even try to break established molds or push the boundaries of their style, but the music is played well without compromising the fundamental brutality this sound requires.
Recommended for fans of bands whose names start with Dis-.
This review was written in almost exactly 20 minutes while on downtime at work.
http://www.7inchpunk.com/2006/02/23/bombanfall/
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