Reviews list for Drumcorps - Better Days (2021)

Quite where electronic musician and DJ Aaron Spectre sits in the world of metal is open to interpretation.  His early passion from his youth in Massachusetts for hardcore and metal is blended in Drumcorps with his more intense electronic flirtations from when he moved to New York and became immersed in the breakcore scene, establishing himself as a tour de force.   Better Days is ten minutes of intense and scathing music that suits the grindcore tag whilst also offering some insight into the more experimental realms of metal also.

The grooving and jarring riff of the opening track introduces a track that espouses some elements of industrial repetition and meanwhile the hectic drum n' bass intro to On A Mission soon gives way to the harsh, grinding mechanised rhythm you'd expect based on the two tracks that precede it.  The guitar and vocal work are entirely Spectre's own work (as of course are the hectic beats and blooping sounds that accompany them) and he certainly has plenty to get off his chest by the sounds of it.  

Whilst a challenging release in some regards, Better Days is also very rhythmic also and after a couple of spins it leaves an impression in your head that is hard to shake off.  It is like a less conscientious HEALTH release without ever getting into the realm of being inaccessible or possessing a modern primitivity to make it an all out assault on the senses from the more metal inspired aspects of the release.  I do not see many revisits, however for a quick ten minute blast of something a bit different, it kind of works.