‘Submit to evil, Makes you feel strong, Slaying the innocent, For flag and freedom, There’s no peace in that’ (Hell On Earth)

Last year’s debut 7-inch from Traumatizer was a lesson in raw, metallic, blown-out sonic violence.  If anything, their searing new five track EP, Nuclear War Machine, is an even more visceral detonation.

The Haarlem band continue to furiously meld thrashing guitars in the vein of Sacrilege with blistering d-beat rhythms and viscously unhinged solos.  Meanwhile, the rasping, fiercely confrontational vocals denounce the brutal horrors inflicted on the people of Gaza, wider global militarisation, and our seemingly inexorable march towards technologically enforced feudalism.

Amid this truly uncompromising onslaught, Traumatizer still find scope to deftly expand their sound. This is, perhaps, most vividly captured by the contagious vocal climax to the title track, the raucous swinging groove of Dead End, and the discordant melodicism that flares during Murder.