Total Abuse is a Hardcore/Noise band from Austin, Texas and they're really unique. One minute they're playing as fast as Minor Threat and the next they're playing Flipper-style dirge Punk and the next minute they're playing Noise in the vein of Whitehouse. This album is called Prison Sweat and it's their third (final?) full-length effort. So let's dive in into the demented world of Total Abuse!
1. Final Passage-This is the only instrumental track of the album. It is pure Harsh Noise and drags on for a painful seven minutes. It starts of quiet and then you hear screeching guitar feedback. Then it gets real quiet then its gets noisy again and I swear it's louder! Great tune to scare off your loved ones!
2. Early Morning-The feedback then blasts into an actual song! It sounds like a fucked up version of Void and the speed of sounds like it too. Then it slows down and sounds extremely messed up sounding. I believe the song is about having sex and not enjoying a single minute of it.
3. Rotting (Tin) Foil-Things slow down a bit as we crawl on our bellies in agony. The meaning is more clear on this song as it is about being ripped off by a drug dealer. It's really cool sounding and the chorus is catchy as hell!
4. Masked Killer-This song starts off with really fucked up sounding riff. The bridge is real cool and it keeps the song afloat. As you can tell it is about a masked killer who wants to kill everyone he despises. It a real badass track and one of my favs of the record. End of side A.
5. Hogg-Things get fast again and hits you harder than an iron fist with brass knuckles. Then it gets mid paced again and sounds like Flipper. The lyrics in this song is about the sorry state of human existance.
6. Hidden Blood-The Flipper-style dirge continutes! The lyrics to this song is kinda confusing but from what I can tell it's about the narrator's father being dead and has really trumatic memories of him. It still a cool song though!
7. Prison Sweat- Things get really slow now! This song sounds more fucked up than Black Flag's "Damaged I"! It goes on for a painful eight minutes. The song is about "living off your filth" and realizes that this is what he wants. Then things get noisy again and after all that, you hear the sound of water dripping. End of side B.
And that's it. This album is extremely demented, lyrically and musically. The only problem I have about this record it that it's not as soild as their other releases such as their "Sex Pig" 7", their eight song demo, their 2008 full-length self-titled debut and their 2010 sophmore album "Mutt". It's still a really good album and it stays in your head for a long time. It's a sick record and it's a good listen when you feel disgusted about everything and everyone. Go out and buy this bitch!
4.5 out of 5.
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