‘Insiktslös samtid, Det var inte jag mentalitet, Utsiktslös framtid, En döende värld, Vi sår bara sår, inte grödor, Vi skördar bara våra bördor’ (Mörk Jord) / ‘In sightless times, It wasn’t me mentality, Hopeless future, A dying world, We only sow wounds, not crops, We only reap our burdens’ (Dark Earth)

Dishumanitär (Inhumane) hail from Sweden and feature members of both Socialstyrelsen and DSM-5.  And while the furious d-beat fuelled eruptions that are riven through the band’s debut album speak to these other projects, Dishumanitär fuse them to powerful effect with slabs of desolate riffage and the soaring emotion of melodic crust.

The harrowing, blackened vocals, alternating between Swedish and English, brim with a sense of hopelessness at humanity’s disrespect for both itself and the planet.  The darkly melancholic melodies that shroud the album vividly capture this desperation, the galloping onslaughts evoking the powerless rage at our seemingly inexorable descent towards catastrophe.

The ten-track album builds relentlessly from the searing opener, Mörk Jord, to the mournfully contagious title track.  The haunting, tormented escalation of Alleviation (Relief) is a thrilling mid-point, before Condemnation Of Humanity, which includes an impassioned guest vocal appearance from Alex CF (Wreathe, Morrow), brings proceedings to a crushing climax.  Alex also provides the highly evocative album artwork.