closure and moloch sit on diametrically opposed sides of the same scene in the same country. They share in the metal/hardcore scene within the UK and they manage to bring their differing outlooks to this split. This makes for a different type of split. While most bands would be happy to just play something similar to the band on the other side of the split these 2 allow for the brutality to go both ways.
Closure makes the first side fast and without any punches pulled. The band have made their name by playing a style of hardcore that is somewhat indebted to grind. The drop tuned reverb drenched guitars takeover the full 5 minutes of this side and refuse to let up throughout. the bile spitting vocals make their point known even when the music slows and convulses. Things sound especially painful towards the end when the music slows just slightly before becoming a blur again.
All of this leads towards Molochs' contribution that consists of a single 6 minute song. This track feels deadly with a disruptively heavy bass tone and screeching vocals. This helps to prove how different these two bands are. Moloch make their single song feel like 4 by creating a single minded beasts with multiple moving parts. The doomy foundation refuses to waver as the song builds to a particularly brutal coda.
Between these two bands they alone could prove to any closed minded individual that the UK has more to offer than ever. Each band manages to go their own way and almost in spite of this put together a strong and unrelenting split that doesn't take long to listen to but will have you listening more than once.
