Major Pain Intent
- Format
12 Inch
Clear w/ Blue Splatter
£22.00
Hailing from Fullerton, California, Intent represents the debut full-length release from Major Pain following their 2022 debut EP, Demo ’22.
Slab-like metallic riffage, plentifully laced with flourishes of sombre melody, are anchored by a powerfully supple rhythm section. Meanwhile, venomously rhythmic, growled vocals explore themes of fighting through life’s hardships on M.P.S (‘Life losts it shine throughout the years, Found no relief yet I’m still here’), surviving our exploitative economic system on Short Change II (‘Short on time, money, and health, Too hard not to neglect myself’), and channelling grief on Intent (‘No easy way to live and cope, Living not for me but for us both’).
Stand-out tracks include the stomping Crazy Horse, Burning Spirit and its fierce solo-led breakdown, the brutally staccato Fate’s Hand, and the crushing closer of a title track. Thoroughly well-executed metallic hardcore then, with a satisfyingly fluid dynamic and a passing nod to the New York scene of the late 1980s, in particular, perhaps, Killing Time and Outburst.