I&II, by Friendship

I&II

by Friendship

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Keenan Johnston This Japanese band's name may seem pretty innocuous at first glance, but make no mistake: this is less like a beer and video games friendship and more like a suicide pact. A foul mix of sludge, hardcore and noise rock with nods to everything from Dystopia to Godflesh; this is some really ugly stuff. Highly recommended. Favorite track: €ompton.

Colin Lacativa Maddeningly brutal, relentless and awe-inspiring in it's execution. First real shock to my system for 2017, BUY THIS NOW!!! Favorite track: €ompton.

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Minimalistic design in the proudest noise/PV tradition, and pro-dubbed for maximum sonic destruction. No pleasure at all, only torture.

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	1.	Jerusalem 00:32
	2.	T.R.Ø.Y 04:37
	3.	Bill Evans 02:10
	4.	€ompton 04:48
	5.	Represent 01:29
	6.	Bottomless Pit 03:11
	7.	Abuse 01:35
	8.	SB 01:31
	9.	Hype 01:34
	10.	Slaughterhouse 01:17
	11.	Law 00:38
	12.	El Chapo 02:45

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One of the most vile, antagonist, and visionary powerviolence masterpieces to ever emerge from Japan, Friendship's "I&II" is a compilation of tracks previously self-released by the band as two separate EPs (the "I EP" and the "II EP”) now both condensed into a single castigating long player of maximum auditive torture. This release masterfully showcases the full extent of the band’s absurd formula: a maelstrom of bleak and punishing powerviolence/grind ferocity in the vein of Column of Heaven and Hatred Surge, colliding with the suffocating weight of the most abject sludge-doom of bands like Godflesh, Swans, and Corrupted, and further enhanced by the iconic and completely mindless approach to extreme metal and punk which has always characterized Japanese bands as being the most absurd and visionary out there. Friendship's stark and austere sound, paired with the crippling and lawless cruelty with which they play, has yielded twelve tracks of absolutely unfathomable violence, that will plunge the listener into an authentic plight for survival, as they desperately try to survive the utterly senseless chaos unleashed upon them by these masters of complete sonic terror.