Living the Storm

1. Get it Off
2. Fiery Father
3. Deadweight
4. the Cage
5. the Furnace
6. Live the Storm
7. Testament
8. In Exodus
9. Maps of War
10. Phantom

This-charge and Dis-that. D-beat has always been viewed as simply being a bunch of crazy punks worshiping Discharge while wearing jackets with far too many studs and charging up their hair, but i beg to differ. They're very caring and responsible members of today's society...

Aww, who am I kidding? You just can't fake this type of love for Dismotörchargehead, and lucky for us, these dudes do it just right. Starting off 2008 at full speed, Disfear returns with Live the Storm, the follow-up to their 2003 Relapse debut, Misanthropic Generation. Live the Storm was recorded with Kurt Ballou of Converge at his God City Studios in Salem, MA. From start to finish, this is 10 tracks of some of the angriest, darkest and most epic D-beat I've heard to date. This is Disfear's 2nd full-length release with lead vocalist, Tomas Lindberg [At the Gates; Skitsystem; the Great Deciever], second guitarist, Uffe Cederlund [Entombed] and drummer, Marcus Andersson; while maintaining the band's core members: Björn Peterson (guitar) and Henke Frykman (bass).

From the moment Live the Storm begins, Disfear gets your blood & fists pumping with Get it Off, as its raging riffage makes you want to get into your car and forcibly drive others off the road. [WARNING: Do not listen to this album while driving due to possible road rage...Ok, fine, listen to this while you drive. Have fun!] This was the first song I heard off the, then unreleased, album, as it, and the Cage, were both featured on their MySpace prior to the album's January release. These tracks were also available for download on the band's website, Disfear.com, which I have linked on the tracklist. Lindberg's vocals are an awesome mix of raw aggressiveness and straight forward delivery, and they accompany the music perfectly.

Now, don't get to thinking that all the songs are just short, fast, raging anthems to Armageddon. Albeit, there is nothing wrong with that... at all, but they happen to have several songs over the 3 minute mark such as: The Cage (4:00); The Furnace (4:12); In Exodus (3:32). Not to mention, Phantom, a true D-beat epic clocking in at a staggering 7 minutes and 12 seconds. The intro to this closing track is reminiscent of Warcollapse's Crust as Fuck Existence 7" (with its 4 tracks in just under 22 minutes), as it gives off a doom-filled aura with it's driving drum beat. Almost like a call to arms, this song is the soundtrack to what would be the world's final battle.

"And remember, “Live The Storm” is no different from the hurricanes laying waste to civilisation. Just bow your head and accept it!"

-Disfear