Bastard

i haven't really done a post about a hardcore in awhile, mainly because nothing has really jumped out at me that i felt like i should post about, then tonight i decided to pop in this album and give it a listen and knew instantly i had to make a post about it, i decided to keep the post pretty short because i know there's already quite a bit of info out there about this band (especially on mp3 blogs) but hopefully this will reach some new ears.

Bastard were a (now somewhat legendary) crusty hardcore band from Tokyo. In the late 80s and early 90s, they self released their "Controlled In The Frame" 7" ep and "Wind Of Pain" lp as well as a couple comp tracks, all of which are collected on the "No Hope In Here" Discography cd.

Bastard's sound is, easily put, what Tragedy (and all the watered down tragedy rip offs) wants to be but can't seem to pull off as well as they'd hope. So, that means you take the standard Discharge style d-beat with some crust but add in alot more speed, some really rad thrash metal guitar solos, gnarly gutteral vocals and even a lil melody (ala Paintbox) and there you have it, one of the best d beat/crust/hardcore/whatever bands of the last 20 or so years.

I have but one complaint and that is that there isn't enough! this entire discography is only about 35 minutes which means by the time you've really started enjoying it, it's over. So, anyway,  I'm not gonna go on and on about standout tracks or certain things i enjoy about this band because everything about this is great and this collection is ESSENTIAL!

Enjoy!

Bastard "no hope in here" discography