Paranoid – S.C.U.M NEW CD

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NEW CD

Black Konflik Records

(Paranoid) signals a significant shake-up in their sound. In many ways, though, it extends what (Paranoid) has been up to for the past several years, continuing to widen their musics scope, which takes in d-beat, noise, heavy metal, black metal, Japanese hardcore, and plenty more. Its hard to deny, though, that S.C.U.M. includes more raw, straightforward hardcore in the mixture than the past few records. (Paranoid) sounds aggressive as f*ck here, playing hard and fast and generating fucked-up tones that, like the best noise-punk, push past grating into the terrifyingly sublime. S.C.U.M. is hardly a back-to-basics record, though, as the sonic hallmarks of their past several records are all over this new EP, which has plenty of rocked-out riffs, soaring melodic lead guitar, and ambitious song structures theyre just served on a plate of sandpaper. Im sure plenty of people will say S.C.U.M. is the best record (Paranoid) has made in years, and if youve lost touch with them over the past few albums, its time to check back in. And if youve been along for the entire ride, youll love how S.C.U.M. synthesizes sounds from across the bands ever-growing discography.