Discharge – End Of Days (2016)

October 28, 2023

Is it possible for a band to ape themselves? To rehash old shit into new shit? Of course it is. But in the case of Discharge, there’s the peculiar fact that there are hundreds (if not thousands) of bands the world over (many named Dis-something) who have happily gouged at the niche that these guys carved for themselves in the eary 80s. So I think we can give Discharge a pass then, for revisiting the template of their glory days and reimagining it, especially after some of the more disasterous attempts to branch out made by other line ups of this band.

What is a divisive idea however is sampling David Icke, talking about pandemics made in labs, New World Orders and false flags, etc. etc. – there’s a fine line between “standing up against” the system and spouting utter conspiracy theory bullshit like any other moron on the internet (speaking of morons on the internet, from one to another I’d like to say hello! haha). I’m not saying ol’ Dai “bad knees” Icke is the enemy or anything like that but as soon as his sample kicked in, I said “oh no” out loud.

I’m looking forward to the d-beat concept album about the shapeshifting lizards and their moon base. Until then, End Of Days will have to do 😉