For you, a better world ...

The Holy Mountain / Black Tusk - Split 7''

Although this split 7'' only includes two songs by Florida's The Holy Mountain and one by Black Tusk from Georgia it's so damn good! About THM: Imagine Tragedy mixed with singalongs, way more melodical riffs and crazy guitar solos and you'll receive a pretty good impression of what The Holy Mountain are doing. Plus, the lyrics are very concise and critical dealing with society issues like sexism and patriarchy. At the beginning I wasn't that sure about the seriousness of the band because they had a shirt design showing a Hamas fighter which is from my point of view nothing else than a fascist. But by writing with the guitarist Tyler via myspace I got to know that there's no connection between THM and any radical islamist movements. I quote:
"the intention of the design is simply to be striking and look badass. it was our best selling shirt so i guess it worked. "
But really, check them out if you're into mad crust/hardcore bands. They already had just recorded some new stuff and some of the members live in Hannover now ... so?
Alligators, pickups, beards, tattoos, burning barrels, denim jackets, cigarettes, Baroness and a lot of power. Put it all together into a blender and you get Black Tusk. It's a pity that there's only one song on the 7'', however, this one is so diversified. I count 4 different song parts and a lot of other musical details. If an injury caused by a black tusk tastes like this I'm thrilled to get some more (just to package my words more poetical..)

"An endless struggle to create a better world. For you, a better world.
History, a curse upon you. Modern man, a curse upon you.
Racism, a curse upon you. Sexism, a curse upon you."

The Holy Mountain myspace
Black Tusk myspace