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Fueled by Self-Hate

Double or Nothing (2009) Jon E.

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Beartrap – Fueled by Self-Hate — Double or Nothing, 2009

This release blazes through the listener at a ridiculously fast clip. Eight tracks of fast punk styled thrash madness. The label compares them to Trash Talk and Black Flag; I can't really disagree. I could see some craziness going down to this. They leave the experimentation to the last song which truly sets it apart almost seemingly written for a different release as it is much longer than the other songs and slows to crawl with creepy spoken word parts before fading out. This is a great release. It reminds me of when I first heard the First 4 Year compilation. Check it out and thrash hard.

8.8 / 10Jon E. • December 10, 2009

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Beartrap – Fueled by Self-Hate — Double or Nothing, 2009

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