Deathcrush, Rats & Miss Fortune - Epic

Deathcrush, Rats & Miss Fortune // Epic 26.11.14 When I first started writing for fanzines a good few years ago, I swore I’d never use the word sexy but I just can’t think of another way of putting it. Deathcrush’s glorious noise is sexy, as unlikely as that may seem from a band (perhaps) named after a song by notorious black metal band Mayhem and who combine Godflesh and Ministry with Glenn Branca and Sonic Youth. Vidar Evensen, Linn Nystadnes and Åse Røyset combine Industrial with no wave and flirt with pop, trashy rock ‘n’ roll and hip-hop to create something that somehow has the sass and swagger or the dirtiest funk. It has been described as pelvic noise sludge and who am I to disagree? One of the sets of the year. (9.5/10) Support band Rats As Big As Dogs. Jay, Shannon,  Reuben and George turn in another fantastic set of intense, angry, punk fuelled rock. With songs like Taurus and The Hare and Print, this is damned fine fun. (9/10) Openers Miss Fortune play melodic power metal. It is hardly original but there is just enough character to make things interesting. Given a bit of time, they may develop their own character. Promising. (6/10) Pavlis

When I first started writing for fanzines a good few years ago, I swore I would never, ever use the word sexy in a review. I can’t think of another way of putting it, Deathcrush make a gloriously sexy racket, as unlikely as that may seem from a band named after a song by notorious black metal band Mayhem.

Vidar, Linn and Ase combine the industrial of Godflesh and Ministry with the no wave of Glenn Branca and flirt with pop, trashy rock ‘n’ roll and hip-hop to create something that has the sass and swagger of the dirtiest funk. It has been described as pelvic noise sludge and I won’t disagree. One of the sets of the year. (9.5/10)