‘My landlord called in sick today, My landlord has anxiety, My landlord has nowhere to stay, He calls me up just to say…Your rent will rise, By 300 percent, Starting next week, Extract wealth and die’ (Extract Wealth And Die)

This is Industry’s debut full-length, and you can probably guess from the title that they are understandably rather frustrated with the current state of the world and this has fuelled an album of utterly searing anger.  Musically, the Berlin-based band deal in a bristling hardcore infused anarcho-punk as passionately shouted, raspingly rhythmic vocals are underpinned by metallic guitars and a pounding rhythm section.  There is a satisfyingly aggressive propulsion blended with eruptions of surging groove on Totalitarian Domination, flourishes of melancholy melody on Extract Wealth And Die, and the stomping aggression of closer Apathy Is Violence.  There is also a rousing cover of Exit Stance’s They Kill Dogs.

Lyrically, the band seek to apply an anarchist framing to explore the causes of climate catastrophe on Lessons In Impermanence, the arms trade on Nothing Sells Better Than Death, the impact of rentier capitalism and landlordism in bitterly distorting our cities on Extract Wealth And Die, and the hollowing out of our democracies on Apathy Is Violence.  The album has a decidedly polemical energy, and while there is a directness to the lyrics, it is also clear that the band recognise that though they might not have all the answers, waiting for those in power to lead change will be a very long wait indeed…