REVIEW: Destroyed By Anger, Destroyed By Anger (Vulture)
- Paul Hanson
Amid the anger Destroyed By Anger's vocalist Jay (no last name) conveys through his hardcore gruff lyrics, DBA establish themselves as a band to keep an eye on as their (hopefully long) career unfolds. I am often captivated by a band's urgency and DBA is urgently racing through their songs with conviction. DBA's sound is physical. Their recent self-titled release pumps you up.
While other hardcore bands have let the chug-chugging guitars dominate their sound, DBA doesn't. Their sound is a flat EQ, with no instrument overpowering the others. The brief acoustic interludes between the aggression serve as just enough of a breather.
Jay (who wrote all the lyrics) is constantly in your face. In "Fistful of Daisies," he demands an answer to the question "Can you feel my fuckin' pain?" Undoubtedly, anyone that hears this disc will answer "Yes!" That pain is examined closer in a track called "Minus One," which I think is probably the best song on the disc. Jay growls, "I am going to die/ and I am so alone/ Like an eleven without a one/ I am nothing!"
Not even half-way through this year, and I have at least one (this disc) on my Best of 1998 list.
