Entry are an LA-based hardcore band centered around the exploits of Philly native and vocalist Sara G and Touche Amore guitarist Clayton Stevens. On their debut LP
Detriment they've poured out their grievances on a coil of freshly strewn cattle entrails (ethically sourced) to foretell of future triumphs and perceptions ruin. Through the hyena howl of their serrated thrust, the beak-fingered prick of their shredding guitars, and concrete slapping grooves, they've reified and reconstituted the bloody-gummed, mange ridden angst of first-wave crust and d-beat, diving down your throat and splitting you open like a boiled egg in their egress from your grisly husk. I'm playing a straight game of pool with you when I say that Sarah’s vocals are gross as hell, sounding like she’s recovering poorly from a throat infection she got from attempting to swallow an iguana whole. The guitar parts are thrashy while not quite tipping into crossover terrain and very reminiscent of late ‘90s metalcore of Convergere that informs the band's hybrid-hardcore. And the beats and grooves are straight up devastating, with a capital “D” drawing heavily from the era of adrenaline junky, cross-pollination of British punk and metal that spawned bands like Sacrilege and The Varukers, and sounds too perfect to be made by anyone who is Conrad "Cronos" Lant's junior. And yet bassist Sean Sakamoto and drummer Chris Dwyer succeed at such feats in ways that are too perverse for a human lexicon to do ignoble justice to it. I've used a lot of $10 words to describe this album so far, but really all you need to know is that
Detriment is fast, loud, and bloodthirsty! Get out while you can or stay and accept your doom!
