Masochrist is what you expect from melodic death grind: the music you need to get up and go to work, the music that keeps your heart beating, the music that will scare your parents, your colleagues, or any right-minded person. With 18 songs for almost 17 minutes, this album keeps a very high standard of short songs, going from 4 seconds to 1’23” for the longest. This allowed me to listen to it exactly 8 times this morning while doing one of the most annoying tasks at my job, without getting bored. With this album, Masocrist manages to provide songs that are even more brutal and violent than the rest, going faster, going screamier, but this melodic touch they have makes it still groovy.

In terms of politics, you get what you came for. With lyrics provided, which would otherwise be hard to understand, you come across some very leftist texts, dealing with government, current events such as the ongoing g*nocide in Palestine with “Apartheid complicity“, anti-imperialism with “Virulent Age“, or the loss of meaning of life with “Raped by the Grime of Crust” «Work is the death of passion / The creative noose / Exhaustion, the death of desire / Raped by the grime of crust / Work is the death of passion / The creative noose…».

This album is overall very good, mixing the best of grindcore, and death metal while keeping it always refreshing, groovy and diversified enough so you don’t get bored. If you’re an anti-fascist and you love grindcore, Masochrist is the band for you!

⚔️ MASOCHRIST ⚔️

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