Albums
The Vipers
2012
Release Date: 2012
By Pitchfork
Reviewed August 20, 2012
Salt Lake City, Utah, quartet Gaza's third album, No Absolutes in Human Suffering, out August 28 on Black Market Activities (and available now for pre-order), offers a twisting, warping, hardcore-influenced spin on noisy grind'n'roll. The collection, which follows 2009's excellent He Is Never Coming Back, was recorded and mixed by Converge's Kurt Ballou. Take a listen to standout "The Vipers" to get a sense of how these guys implode instrumentation around 6'7" throat-shredding vocalist Jon Parkin. This is smart, enraged grindcore for people who don't necessarily think they like the stuff.