Music
The Finnish band referenced in World Burns to Death's name also serves to connote the band's sound: A thrashy, gloom-heavy, driving form of hardcore punk inspired by Scandinavian bands like Anti-Cimex and Riistetyt.
As well, World Burns to Death's music reflects the tradition of 80s purist American hardcore (Negative Approach and Minor Threat), European bands influenced by, and including, Discharge, and Japanese hardcore punk (Burning Spirits). Also in the mix may be hints of black metal and crust punk.
The earliest World Burns to Death EPs are astonishingly fast and lean more in the direction of Japanese hardcore punk. The band's debut full-length, 2002's The Sucking of the Missile Cock, saw the tempo slow slightly. Also displayed on the LP are greater attention to songwriting and production. Whereas the earliest EPs sound raw and almost impossibly fast, The Sucking of the Missile Cock has a larger, richer sound, with vocal duties alternating between Jack Control and guitarist Zac Tew. The LP was almost universally lauded in punk fanzines and websites upon its release. In 2002, famous British DJ John Peel played songs from World Burns to Death's Human Meat ... Tossed to the Dogs of War 7" EP and accorded it "recommended" status at his webpage before his death.
World Burns to Death currently tour and record in a militantly underground milieu of DIY punk bands that includes Tragedy, Bury the Living, Paintbox, Hellshock, Inepsy, Gouka, and others. The insert in Sucking of the Missile Cock underscores the band's underground convictions: "No Fucking Copyright ... Fuck That Shit."
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“For I have learned
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