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International project with this awesome line-up Kaos (Chaos U.K.), Steve Allen (Disorder), Andy Lefton (War//plague), Tom Radio (Frustration), Yuji Kawaguchi (ROSE ROSE, #STDrums.).
Our take: Cabal is the first release from this international project featuring a bunch of old UK punk heads playing with some slightly younger Japanese punks. Kaos from Chaos UK is on vocals, and you’ll recognize his surprisingly tuneful growl if you followed Chaos UK’s recordings into the 90s, and the lyrics are as bile-filled as you might expect from someone who came up in and remained part of the punk scene for decades. While F.O.T.K. pulls members from Chaos UK and Disorder, don’t expect the bare-bones noise of those bands’ early records. These are songs with structures and catchy choruses, and a big sound that seems to pull as much from industrial music and black metal as punk. It’s not retro, but it has the energy and bite you want. Besides the 5-song 7”, this package also includes a flexi where the band does one track each from the members’ old bands Chaos UK and Disorder in F.O.T.K.’s harsher industrial-punk sound.
Our take: Cabal is the first release from this international project featuring a bunch of old UK punk heads playing with some slightly younger Japanese punks. Kaos from Chaos UK is on vocals, and you’ll recognize his surprisingly tuneful growl if you followed Chaos UK’s recordings into the 90s, and the lyrics are as bile-filled as you might expect from someone who came up in and remained part of the punk scene for decades. While F.O.T.K. pulls members from Chaos UK and Disorder, don’t expect the bare-bones noise of those bands’ early records. These are songs with structures and catchy choruses, and a big sound that seems to pull as much from industrial music and black metal as punk. It’s not retro, but it has the energy and bite you want. Besides the 5-song 7”, this package also includes a flexi where the band does one track each from the members’ old bands Chaos UK and Disorder in F.O.T.K.’s harsher industrial-punk sound.