S.O.B. - What's The Truth ? (1990)

Sits nicely alongside the ear splitting politics of Unseen terror. S.O.B. were a cool, fuzz-drenched hardcore act whose flesh-gnawing grindcore/hardcore and biting messages strode hand in hand with early Napalm Death and the likes. There was always a slightly depressive edge to this type of stuff, but I simply think that's down to the fact that at the time people were so used to Satanic imagery etc, that when this type of extreme, yet dirty hardcore came about no-one knew what to make of it. 'Over The Line' is a catchy, quagmire of a cut, and 'Respect At Length', 'Obsessed With Wickedness' etc, all follow suit in that gurgled manner of grimy horror. Inhospitable to most metallers, the only bridge here would emerge with death metal, apart from that, grindcore set its own stall out and didn't care if anyone was interested. Muffled, lunatic vocals and fast-apced anxiety the norm' and some great riffs lurking within. Cool cover.
7/10