‘Você se cala E vira a cara Seu Silêncio Ensurdece Seu Silêncio Mata’ (Foda-se) ‘You keep quiet, And turn your face, Your silence deafens, Your silence kills’ (Screw This)

Stockholm based Prisão (Prison), who feature members of both Axe Rash (vocalist Hilda here on bass) and Vidro (guitarist Lucas here on vocals and guitar), return with a new four track EP and follow-up to their 2022 debut.  They share Vidro’s affinity for catchy, groove-laden hardcore, but channel the crushing mid-paced riffage through a gnarlier, more abrasive prism.

The rhythm section is poundingly powerful but not overbearing, giving the riffs room to fully unfurl, not least on the swaggering highlight of Seu Deus Está Morto (Your God Is Dead).  Fiercely raw vocals are delivered in Brazilian Portuguese and eschew any extravagance.  Echoing the band’s name, they take on themes of social, familial, and self-imposed constraints and confinement with a satisfying directness.