I find Hungary to be quite a strange country, as far as music goes anyway. There are periods when you can't hear a single tidbit of news about music projects hailing from this region and then there are other times when you get cluttered with releases. Luckily, I currently find myself in this other period when Hungary starts vomiting forth some interesting stuff. Didn't get my head around the amazing "Rosa Parks" EP and this release comes and smacks you in the face.
"Dance or Die!!!" is a four-piece playing same very insane, in a great kind of way, music. Why insane? Well, you play the first song, starts out with a movie sample or something similar, didn't recognize it to be honest. Then drums and guitar start to appear here and there. From then on you are on a rollercoaster. "Hey this sounds like hardcore! Oh no wait, here are some punkish melodies. Oh, there's some grind in it too! Now fastcore! And listen here, this is...." You get the picture? I presume that it is safe to say that this sounds a bit like "Ghostlimb" on LSD. They really amazed me at how well they infuse elements from different genres into a single song, while keeping the beast tamed and consistent. Also, both guitar players and the bass player contribute with their vocal capabilities, so the singing/screaming part offers very much diversity on its own. The instruments sound perfect and the overall composition of the songs is excellent. Another fascinating thing here, is that although this amalgam of genre influences may sound chaotic and aggressive, it really isn't that much aggressive to the ears, so you don't have to be in a specific mood to be enjoying this. Just perfect...
I'd like to thank Döme, bass player of DoD!!!, for introducing me to their tunes. You can get in touch with them via their myspace found here. Enjoy!
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