The Newest Noise for Your Listening Pleasure! | By Nicholas Senior | Photo by Gabe Becerra
Cold Curse
Central Coast, California
Violent Measure | July 12 | Creator-Destructor Records
RIYL: Positive outlets. Negative energy. Resisting power.
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“I want people to feel this record. I think it’s perfect for circle pits, moshing, and headbanging,” guitarist and vocalist Cole Berber says, succinctly laying out Cold Curse’s mission statement. As someone who reviewed advertising for the FDA, I can confirm that this is a very fucking truthful statement. Few EPs are this damn visceral. Violent Measure doesn’t politely ask the listener to get up and jump around, it vehemently seizes your entire body until you’re moving faster than human lightning. Cold Curse’s brand of crusty, thrashy metallic hardcore is vicious and vivacious, yet there’s a care and calm to the compositions that beg for more astute listening—if your neck could only stop moving at 100 ppHPM (painfully pleasurable headbangs-per-minute). You’re damn right the riffs and rigor are old-school, and that accentuates how elemental Violent Measure feels. It’s the perfect concoction of every fast, heavy subgenre plus more fun than should be humanly possible in 11 minutes flat. The theme of pushing back against power only augments the violent approach. Even if top-tier crossover isn’t your cup o’ coffee, it’s unlikely you’ll find a more efficient, mind-blowingly enjoyable way to spend the same amount of time it takes to evacuate said coffee.
