Encapsulated Records brings us a split record by Hell Night and Sweat Shoppe, two bands from St Louis, USA.

This is a split e.p. so one band´s songs are per one side of the record. Hell Night are formed in 2014.and they play an interesting mixture of hardcore, thrash metal and new wave. Since 2016.the vocalist of this band is none other than Brian Fair, known as a singer of Shadows Fall and Overcast. The two songs represented on this record by Hell Night are brutal, gritty, with screamed vocals and in your face attitude. I loved “Unincorporated” and “Overburden” both a lot, with bass being very strong in the forefront, or is it just me?

Sweat Shoppe is also from St Louis and were formed in late 2015. This band is made of members well known in the underground scene, who played in Ultraman, The Horror Section or The Disappeared to name a few. Those three songs represented on this record are short, in your face punkrock energy bombs and I can say that I liked Sweat Shoppe side of the record a bit more than Hell Night, but it is an awesome release.

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https://hellnightstl.bandcamp.com/

https://encapsulatedrecords.bandcamp.com/

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