Album: Bring Your Own Blood
Year: 2016
Rating: 87/100
Huddersfield based quartet Relics provide a fantastic musical proposition on paper. I'm loath to using cliches, but take a dash of Every Time I Die, Cancer Bats and Danzig, add a dash of Motorhead, a pinch of death and roll era Entombed, the raw energy of Kvelertak and the rock and roll riffs and attitude of Clutch, and you have what is ostensibly "beer party rock and roll hardcore" with a side of good old fashioned rock and roll.
Opening track and title track "Bring Your Own Blood" suggests to the listener that it's exactly what they need to do, otherwise they'll find it splattered everywhere, much like an album cover by Unsane. It's hard hitting, it's aggressive, and it's got a huge sense of fun about it. "The Door" hits harder than an aggrieved Floyd Mayweather. Closing track "A*M*S*C*A*D" changes things up a little with its quieter passages, but rest easy, listeners, there's still a fantastic bit of mosh lurking just around the corner.
If there is any criticism to be levelled at "Bring Your Own Blood", it's that you can get so engrossed in the fun that it exudes that three tracks doesn't seem to be anywhere near like long enough. On the whole, though, it's a hugely exciting and promising release, and I can't wait for them to do a full album.
Track Listing:
- Bring Your Own Blood
- The Door
- A*M*S*C*A*D
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