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Basically you can market this record to two different markets and you can do that without burning the band’s reputation as cheap salesmen of either. The reason for this being that Year Zero is quite expert in both extremes. On one hand, you have the rock and roll crowd, even the most acerbic ones, those only into the rough and tumble of the genre, those are most likely willing to go a little extreme and are open to getting close to more niche subgenres. On the other hand, on the left hand, you have the hardcore crowd. Those may not be as open, nor as willing to let you in their clique and will probably be quick to dismiss a band just for not being as pure in sound as desired. Regardless of how rigid-headed the dumbasses are, those two, are the target market for Bastard Child Death Cult. If anything, the harshness of the moniker might discourage some of the rock and rollers.
Bastard Child Death Cult are a Toronto four piece formed by ex-members of bands like Monster Voodoo Machine (I never quite liked this band), Cancer Bats, ( I never quite liked this band either), Soulstorm (I never quite realized they ever existed) and others. So they may have the reputation in their local scene. Outside of it, Bastard Child Death Cult may just be a new beginning. And that’s alright because as a debut, Year Zero is quite strong.
There is a solid vibe that screams for the early works of Nicke Andersson and his once fabulous The Hellacopters. Their raunchy guitar patterns are actually well drawn all over this recording. From the screamed vocals that seem to be passed through a loudspeaker to the rapid fire riffage and the rumbling bass. If one was to check back on Hellacopters’ classics like Supershitty to the Max!, (those recorded before they became a Tom Petty cover band) one could almost say with all certainty that that record was used as a template.
The result is an album that leans and takes more from rock and roll than it does from hardcore or from Dbeat. But the fury of this band is in place. It is a spirited recording for sure. One that may be a bit tainted by the heavy influence of The Hellacopters but shall serve as a valid offering for those into extreme genres. Adding some sort of levity is the appearance of Chris Colohan, former vocalist of Cursed, a band that seems to be building cult status as many have followed a trail they walked on way ahead.
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