Venuux - "The Beginning Is Always Outburst of Cricket Chirping" CDR 2008

Total 80s Eurocore-obsessed Japanese dynamo-thrash. This discography (of demos etc) wastes no time with 48 songs in 13-100 seconds. The overdriven guitar tone jangles like early Italian hardcore, yet overlays additional aural agony depending on the recording session. The tracks mostly remind me of the faster 80s Swedish bands smoking cones in Manic Ears Records' office. "Mid paced" and "slow" are not terminology the band understands (no blastbeats though). Production seems captured with a laptop sort of presence, yet it's usually mixed with clarity and an ear for the mid-rent vibe of 80s thrash. Even the cover is a Britcore piss-take. One of the most memorable "forgotten" bands of very recent years.