Burning Future is the utterly uncompromising debut EP from New York raw punks Arson.

Arson return with their first 7-inch and follow up to their 2024 demo, Más Noize (More Noise).  We are talking unforgiving raw punk rooted in the traditions of crasher crust, its shape rooted more in the original hardcore expressions than the more metallic interpretations that followed.  It is not a coincidence that one of the six tracks is a cover of Gloom’s Disgrace from their ground breaking 1994 EP, Speed Noise Hardcore Rags.

The guitars are absolutely blown out, unleashing waves of just shy of white noise riffage, while the cymbal awash rhythm section is without mercy.  Amid this sonic carnage, the guttural, desperation drenched vocals contemplate with little hope a society mired in violence and corruption.  My personal highlights are the closing tracks, Damage and No Shame, where the band allow their sledgehammer groove the fullest scope to pound us into submission.