9. HUMMINGBIRD OF DEATH
'Show Us The Meaning Of Haste' (To Live A Lie)
In a year of stellar grind/PV (great discographies from xBrainiax and Spoonful Of Vicodin in particular) Hummingbird Of Death hurtled right out of the gate with a snotty, swaggering burst that kept its feet firmly planted in speed-punk past of DRI and Crossed Out, while reaching out for unrelenting contemporary ferocity. You don’t have to accept the legitimacy of any of the seemingly arbitrary genre delimiters or care where fastcore begins and powerviolence ends, if you like fast, organic music, Hummingbird Of Death want to slip their delicate beaks into your shell-like ears.
