Leadershit / Derrota - Split

Crust for the crusties. Yes, if you thought I was going to post only emo and screamo you were wrong. I'll also post crust and neocrust. Yes, screamo and crust, very original combination, I know. Fuck, it's the music I like, it's the music I post.

This split was released back in 2007 by Trabuc Records, an influential record label from Valencia that had released a lot of amazing records since 2004 and a german label called Be-Part Records. It includes 4 songs by Leadershit and 6 songs by Derrota (2 of them are covers of Disyouth (a crust band from Valencia where some members of Derrota used to play) and Misfits (if you need information about this band you are a waste, dude)).

Leadershit was a crust band from Barcelona, Spain. It was formed by ex-members of Ekkaia, Cop on Fire, Cementerio Shöw, Disface, Caos ÖK and Karton de Vino, so you can assume that they are FUCKING GOD TIER. They are not the perfect crust punk band, but if you like crust, you'll like Leadershit. A classic crust base with a lot of dark melodies, apocalyptic riffage, two (sometimes even three) voices and constant d-beats. They only have this split and a self-titled 12". I personally can't choose between those two records, just awesome.

Derrota is a rocking crust band from Valencia, Spain. Their members played in a lot of bands before and during Derrota, so I can't name them all. Just to name a few: Zanussi, Adiaphöria, Disyouth, Anti-Playax, Disparo and Desguace. In their first records they played a dark and heavy sludge-influenced crust. They changed their style over the years and now they play a more punkish crust sometimes near to crust'n'roll, but still with some sludge and stoner elements. In my opinion, this is their best work. Here they don't sound too sludge or stoner neither too punk, just perfect balance. Fast, dark and heavy crust punk with some sludgy slow parts. Download.