The Formative Years - Antisect
In terms of marrying early anarcho punk with metal elements, Antisect’s “In Darkness There Is No Choice” and especially their “Out from the Void” 7” changed what was perceived to be possible and palatable as early as 1983 and created a new sound that left an imprint on heavy music at large.
Lyrically centred around concepts of fairness in relations between individuals in society and equal access to wealth, opportunities, social privileges as well as advocating sentient animals having moral worth that is independent of their utility for humans, Antisect was one of the more active bands of their time as they toured extensively with their fast, Motörhead inspired D-beat style of hardcore punk.
Fronted by two ferocious and viciously attacking vocalists taking turns, their tuned down brand of fast cadenced hardcore punk proved to be a consistent wall of sound rather than a mere conglomerate of individual instrumental components.
Never resting on their laurels, once having perfectioned their style, Antisect started to riff on and experiment with it, playing with speed variations, choral interludes and compositions reminiscent of classical pieces along with echo drowned sermons.
Summa summarum, an essential band that created radical, mesmerising and idiosyncratically powerful hardcore punk with an unrivalled intensity, further accentuated by an underlying mood of horror and outrage.
