Pains - Old Blood

How can I be from Chicago and bean absolute Kingmaker meatrider without being a Pains fan? Well, that was my exact pipeline to getting to this point! I remember when Kingmaker called it quits and made the standard “check out this band with members of Kingmaker” post. Except, it wasn’t like Kingmaker? It was like, really fucked up and serious? Like, when I saw the art for Drown the Earth I knew that this was going to be a certified classic. Absolutely bonkers EP of just like, the most fervent grindy death metal with this sick kind of metallic hardcore overtone. I don’t want to say genre-bending stuff, but what do you call this much d-beat influence at a ZBR show? Right? Like, dynamos! Smart guy stuff!