“Dolos,” the first single from Onsetter’s self-titled EP, establishes some parameters for the righteous invective that courses through the rest of the songs. The desperate and caustic, grindcore-style-esque vocals carve out a tale of a class of people who seem to feel fine trampling on the backs of others to sustain a privileged lifestyle and mindset that thrives on a false sense of superiority built on the perception of those beneath them on the social/economic scale deserve their deprivation and suffering. The angular savagery of the guitar, bass and drums accent every line and amplify the sense of beyond weary and back again to outrage feeling of the entire song with the rest of the songs on the EP offering similarly harrowing portraits of living in a society that neglects the needs of the vast majority of humans in favor of maximizing profits and privilege for the one percent of the one percent of the one percent. Fans of Neurosis, Isis, Amenra and the noisier, more hardcore-influenced end of sludge metal will appreciate what Boise’s Onsetter is giving.
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