In the early 1970s there was an R&B and funk rock band of
very minor renown called Snafu. This is
not your father’s Snafu. The present day S.N.A.F.U. and their latest release Present Day Plague are a violent trip through
a post-apocalyptic landscape of human decadence.
I am not sure there has ever been a band to so seamlessly
merge the hardcore punk sounds of Napalm Death with the thrash mastery of Slayer as S.N.A.F.U has done here. The comparison to Napalm Death is obvious. The
songs are each a short, explosive bludgeoning of charged anger. Yet the lead breaks and vocal cadence called
to mind Reign In Blood era
Slayer.
There are moments when Present Day Plague settles into methodic crunchy riffs of doom, but they are short lived before inevitably searing into rapid fire thrash riffs reminiscent of Metallica's Kill ‘Em All played at double time.
There are moments when Present Day Plague settles into methodic crunchy riffs of doom, but they are short lived before inevitably searing into rapid fire thrash riffs reminiscent of Metallica's Kill ‘Em All played at double time.
