There’s something dangerously enticing about horror in picture-perfect scenery. Consider the eerily scenic cinema of Lucio Fulci’s “Zombie” or the disconcertingly bright closing scene of Rob Zombie “3 From Hell” as the Firefly family cruises down a sun-drenched highway. The juxtaposition of eye-catching surroundings against gore only increases the nastiness.
That principle leaps from screen to song with Haggus, whose goregrind-meets-punk-meets–pop style merges swampy grime with irresistibly catchy hooks. Lovingly dubbed “mincecore,” their music is a must-listen for all fans of pig squeals and riffs.
Out today via Tankcrimes, Haggus’ latest album, Destination Extinction, is a vivid, deadly explosion of goregrind and crust punk. Channeling the swampy, guitar lick-riddled sound of CUFF into infectious jams with a social and political conscience, Destination Extinction delivers earwormy grooves wrapped in filthiest pitch-shifted vocals imaginable, proving once again that brutality is best served with a vision of a better, brighter world.
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