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Conspiracy Of Denial / Λιθη (Lethe) – split LP
Two bands from Greece, and two different takes on dark hardcore – of a style associated with Oathbreaker, Svalbard and Baptists: thick, heavy and crushing; mixing up doom with thrash, protest punk and post rock (with pic-slides!). Λιθη translates into Lethe, (which, going back to their self-titled album of 2014, is how I’ve always known them). I don’t know why – something in their water, or in their shared mindset – but Greek punks seem to really excel at this kind of churning, wide-screen blackened hardcore. Likewise Conspiracy of Denial. I wouldn’t normaly draw attention to the gender of a band member, because it’s rarely relevant, but in this instance the vocalist adds her own interesting tone to an otherwise familiar style of sound, and that really ups the interest.
Warning: the dreaded seem split struck my copies of this record, check the photo, the price has been marked down accordingly (I also understand that these might be some of the last copies in circulation, so it might be a case of having to make do).