Moment of Collapse
Never has the term emo-violence been more appropriate, even if it’s not the most widely used or maybe favoured.
This gorgeous little six-inch (don’t take that out of context) starts with Resurrectionists, honestly one of the craziest bands I’ve heard in a while. After their intro, which is like a war march in itself, they contribute one more track called “Bathory,” which starts off heavy-as-fuck, and almost sounding like blackened death metal, until some wilfully dissonant and awesome melody is smuggled in, like Behemoth and Orchid decided to give things a go one day. Little bit sad that it’s one full track (an intro can’t really be called a full track, really), but it is a six-inch. And it’s a fucking good track.
Side B is Arse Moreira’s side, a band I’m particularly fond of, despite their name being a bit silly in English. But no time is wasted with AM; chaos from the off on their first track “Human Drama,” occasionally broken up with brief melodic sections, later to be broken down to awesomely minimal and chilled-out breaks. The next track “Isabelle” is essentially that mix of spasmodic emo-violence and gentle melodic breaks, which may make them sound like a one-trick pony, but AM control their own chaos excellently, making variation within something that perhaps seems kind of invariable, exploiting their own style to their own will. An intense band, and an awesome band.
It’s brief, but it’s beautiful. You can’t really go wrong with Moment of Collapse anyway.
Resurrectionists: 8/10
Arse Moreira: 8.5/10
Overall: 8/10
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