Roadie Music Reviews DCxPC Live & Dead Vol. 2 Necrotic Society

MORE PUNK/HARDCORE RELEASE WITH THE NEW ALBUM:

“DCXPC LIVE & DEAD VOL. 2 NECROTIC SOCIETY”

by Antonio Mendes Brauna

The punk/hardcore project from the United States, DCxPC Live & Dead, arrives with volume two of its edition featuring the band Necrotic Society. After releasing a self-titled album in 2020 on DIY Records, the group released the EP called “Part 1” with four tracks, in 2022. Now, in 2024, the New York band has already released the single “Perimeter” and received an invitation to participate of this vinyl that is half live and half studied. The album has 21 tracks, and for those who know the band, they know that hardcore is the watchword here.

People who are already familiar with the releases of the DCxPC project know more or less how the organization of playlists works in the “Live & Dead” albums. So, for those who don't know yet, this "DCxPC Live & Dead Vol. 2 Necrotic Society", for example, is a vinyl release where side A of the cookie comes with the live songs and side B, obviously, with the studio records. Here, the Necrotic Society collaborates with ten songs live, with a lot of sole on the tongue and punch in the riffs. Between “Manifest” and “Future”, sonic violence takes over the place crushed by a fast and contesting track.

On stage, the quartet is a true tornado with the drums sounding more like a machine gun firing blasts everywhere. What is not far behind are the infernal riffs of songs like “Manifest” itself, which opens the album with a brutal dose of violence. Some more refined melody can be heard in parts of songs like “Break Your Chains / Torn To Shreds”, which even has solos. The band, which is openly feminist, does better in the trio “Just To Feel Alive / Pig Or Priest / Pay Attention”, with more evidence of the excitement it can generate.

After the first live session, with ten electrifying songs, side B finishes blowing your mind with eleven more studio performances, which start with the song that gave rise to the band's name. With a production obviously different from that of side A, the album stands out for its technical excellence in both divisions. Pleasantly, works like “Wake Up” provide a reading of the group’s performance, highlighting their roles in more detail. In “Leftist Plague”, for example, we notice more refined techniques in the kitchen tempo and guitar driving. In short, Necrotic Society is a band that reinvents itself within its own proposal.