Description

For those of you old enough to remember, or retro enough to still be playing on a Sega Genesis, you may be familiar with A-B-A-C-A-B-B. This was the ‘blood code’ for the original Mortal Kombat video game to help you get more blood. Besides the gimmicky name and track listing, ABACABB really doesn’t have much more to offer beyond a predictable, bludgeoning chug-chug-blast-blast-chug pattern. And you know what, I’m cool with that. ‘Survivalist’ isn’t a revolutionary album by any means. There’s little variety between tracks. The vocals are raw, somewhat guttural and completely pissed-the-fuck-off. The guitars have a great tone to them and never let up for a moment, while the rhythms section shift from pile driving blasts to massive breakdowns quickly and rapidly. Sometimes, that’s all you want out of an album — something so mindless and barbaric that you can’t help but feel jacked up after only a few tracks, even if it’s just to go out and mow the yard. Track listing: 1. Introduction 2. Infection 3. Addiction 4. Regression 5. Survivalist 6. Articulation 7. Destruction 8. Devastation 9. Rejection 10. Isolation