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Formed on the West Coast in 1993, Gehenna quickly became a name synonymous with violence, hatred and fear. Their sound blends the genres of Death, Black and Thrash Metal, adding the unrelenting barbarism of Hardcore with the “Fuck Off” attitude of classic Punk. Gehenna have been independent & will always stay independent. The music of Gehenna is the sound of the unending battles of life and death.
Negative Hardcore was recorded in the smoke filled caverns of The Crampton Crystal Compound in the first days of July 2015 and mastered in 2021 by Dan Lowndes. It was engineered by Robert Orr overseen by Jimmy Short and directed by the watchful eyes, attentive ears and controlling hands of Drugs and Alcohol. All songs written and performed by The Infamous Gehenna.
Our take: Negative Hardcore is the latest album from long-running (they started in 1993!) metallic hardcore band Gehenna. Gehenna has long been associated with the “Holy Terror” scene, i.e. bands who look to Integrity for their influences, both musical (smashing together Slayer and the Cro-Mags) and philosophical (a kind of apocalyptic misanthropy). While lots of bands who claim the Holy Terror tag are influenced by Integrity, Gehenna are more Integrity’s contemporaries, and while there are moments on Negative Hardcore that will remind you of Integrity (the title track could be from Humanity Is the Devil), it seems like Gehenna is doing their own thing rather than just copying someone else’s. And Gehenna’s thing is dark, menacing in a way that similar records (like, for instance, the Arma X record I wrote about above) aren’t. Gehenna is also somewhat unique among this Holy Terror cadre in that they incorporate black metal influences into their sound, which comes across as natural, the blastbeats and tremolo picking only adding to that air of darkness and negativity that Gehenna cultivates. Like everything Iron Lung Records puts out, it’s smart, adventurous, and well worth a listen if those are the things you value in extreme music.
Negative Hardcore was recorded in the smoke filled caverns of The Crampton Crystal Compound in the first days of July 2015 and mastered in 2021 by Dan Lowndes. It was engineered by Robert Orr overseen by Jimmy Short and directed by the watchful eyes, attentive ears and controlling hands of Drugs and Alcohol. All songs written and performed by The Infamous Gehenna.
Our take: Negative Hardcore is the latest album from long-running (they started in 1993!) metallic hardcore band Gehenna. Gehenna has long been associated with the “Holy Terror” scene, i.e. bands who look to Integrity for their influences, both musical (smashing together Slayer and the Cro-Mags) and philosophical (a kind of apocalyptic misanthropy). While lots of bands who claim the Holy Terror tag are influenced by Integrity, Gehenna are more Integrity’s contemporaries, and while there are moments on Negative Hardcore that will remind you of Integrity (the title track could be from Humanity Is the Devil), it seems like Gehenna is doing their own thing rather than just copying someone else’s. And Gehenna’s thing is dark, menacing in a way that similar records (like, for instance, the Arma X record I wrote about above) aren’t. Gehenna is also somewhat unique among this Holy Terror cadre in that they incorporate black metal influences into their sound, which comes across as natural, the blastbeats and tremolo picking only adding to that air of darkness and negativity that Gehenna cultivates. Like everything Iron Lung Records puts out, it’s smart, adventurous, and well worth a listen if those are the things you value in extreme music.