Band Name: Harsh (2)
Music Album: Harsh
Album Release Date: November 1996
Music Genre: Rock Grindcore Power Violence
Record Label: Six Weeks
Album Release Country: United States
Music Record Type: 10 Tracks Vinyl 7" EP
Harsh was formed in the autumn of 1995 with an idea of doing intense fast hardcore like no-one else in Finland had done before. Influenced by Infest and others. Style developed during the years from straight-forward fast chaotic core to more complicated power violence/grind/hc/?? fusion with lots of tempo changes, strange riffs, stop'n'goes, and spastic blasts beat. All members contribute to the music and lyrics, sometimes more, sometimes less.
Original line-up splitted up permanently after a show in August '96. It took until spring '97 when 3 former members decided to continue without a guitar player and asked a new member to join for a 2nd bass.
During the whole existence of Harsh, the 4 members have lived in 3 different cities. Distance between some members is about 400 km, and this situation does not allow a regular rehearsal schedule. With the new line-up, their playing has become tighter, faster and skills to handle instruments have improved from the start. However, the amount of rehearsals has decreased, and the band is in a situation when they rehearse basically just before gigs or recordings, but not "just for fun", like many others.
Harsh is not a political band in the sense of what people often understand with that word. They deal with the subjects related to their daily life or thoughts. Occasionally lyrics can be a bit overstated, but writers always stand behind their words. There is a little difference between the lyrics of o (...)
| A1 | In Your Face | 0:46 |
| A2 | Pain | 0:21 |
| A3 | Forget Yourself | 1:13 |
| A4 | False Path | 0:31 |
| A5 | Win Or Lose | 1:42 |
| B1 | Twisted Motherfucker | 0:21 |
| B2 | No Use For An Advice | 0:42 |
| B3 | Six Feet Under | 0:54 |
| B4 | Born From Hate | 0:31 |
| B5 | Obey | 1:59 |
1000 copies pressed.
Folded cardboard cover with lyrics & crédits inside
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