Sayyadina – Fear Gave Us Wings (Sound Pollution)
Wonderful Swedish grindcore with touches of crusty hardcore. Blistering fast, with amazing drumming, and multiple vocalists, which you can understand a lot of the time. There are plenty of melodic sections. Think Nasum, Rotten Sound, etc. The band contains ex-Nasum, ex-Birdflesh, and General Surgery members. They mostly stick to the dark side of politics, with tracks like “Home grown terrorist” and not all songs are in English.
**1. Absolutely brutal with lurching blast beats. One of the heavier tracks on the disc.
2. Leans more towards fast hardcore with prominent bass.
3. Bass and drums begin then the track goes into melodic grind with some of the Swedish melodic guitar sound.
**4. Slow, melodic, and dark then halfway through they kick into quick grind. Ends with relentless grind.
5. All sorts of sounds and changes. Slow simple guitars over blasting drums and some crusty punk riffs.
6. Short, quick and brutal.
7. A bit more melodic but also a bit more metal.
8. Medium paced and melodic which eventually gives way to quick grind.
**9. Short, quick, with multiple vocalists screaming their heads off.
**10. Melodic hardcore with tradeoff vocals which has bursts of grind.
11. The shortest and fastest track.
**12. Crusty that changes to brutal grindcore with tradeoff vocals.
13. Odd simple guitar and a guitar-less breakdown. A short guitar solo. This track stands out on this CD but I’m not sure in a good way.
**15. Slight metalcore leanings but most of the track is mid paced hardcore sounds. The heavy yet melodic riff during the chorus reminds me of metalcore riffs. Slow breakdown with multiple vocalists.
16. Mid paced but fast and brutal blasts during the chorus.
**17. Slow, doom intro, which goes on for the first minute. Then the track kicks grindcore with more distinct guitar riffs.
19. Slightly more metal sounding. Halfway through the track it changes into doom and ends with some feedback.
GREAT stuff!!! -mph