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Florida's HATEPLOW formed in 1993 as an outlet for erstwhile Malevolent Creation guitarists Phil Fasciana and Rob Barrett to blow off some deathgrinding steam. Joining them would be erstwhile Revenant bassist Tim Scott, Sickness vocalist Kyle Symons, and drummer Larry Hawke. Furthering the Malevolent Creation link, Symons would later become that band's vocalist in the 2000s and Hawke drummed on a few mid ‘90s tracks. That lineup would record a demo in 1996 and then 1998's Everybody Dies debut album. Then came 2000's The Only Law is Survival with a new lineup, and after some touring, HATEPLOW would ultimately go on hiatus due to the members' various obligations to Malevolent Creation.
Comprising 14 songs in 44 minutes, Everybody Dies introduced HATEPLOW with incredibly rude aplomb. Back before the death metal scene became a “safe space,” HATEPLOW indeed plowed it with hateful, anti-PC intent; in fact, reading some of their debut album's song titles would make soyboys cry. Musically, Everybody Dies is catchier than the clap: prime deathgrind in the classic Terrorizer mold, moving from fast to faster with laser-sighted focus. However, it's not difficult to hear here some residual Malevolent Creation from their oft-overlooked mid/late ‘90s period, where breakdowns straddle the line between spiraling and ignorant, as well as some demonic thrashing from time to time. Melded all together, Everybody Dies is a throttling snapshot of the late ‘90s American death metal underground, too often written out of genre histories except by true diehards – and HATEPLOW were truly diehards, uncompromising and unapologetic!
Long out of print on CD, HELLS HEADBANGERS releases Everybody Dies on two different vinyl formats, for the first time ever, joining the concurrent reissue of The Only Law is Survival. PC canoes, read ‘em and weep!
700x orange/red swirl w/ yellow splatter.
