’m thankful for ESP Mayhem’s mantra of obnoxiousness in these increasingly measured and pragmatic times. Members of Internal Rot, The Kill, Spiteward, Headless Death, Contaminated etc playing “3-synth-no-guitar-future-shock-grind”.
Across these 7 songs in 12 minutes ESP Mayhem confronts both underground orthodoxy and good taste in general with a very singular, actively annoying ethos. But as you can see on the cover, the bloody fist is punching upwards.
As the press release put it, “...extreme music should be treated as an arms race, and ESP MAYHEM just went nuclear baby!” - Nic