Namatay Sa Ingay

Reviews

Namatay Sa Ingay Terorista 10″

Terorista by NAMATAY SA INGAY is pure sensory overload—an explosive fusion of hardcore punk velocity and noise-laced chaos that refuses containment. The drumming is relentless, pushing everything to the brink, while the guitars dissolve into sheets of distortion that feel more like environmental collapse than structured sound. There’s a violent urgency to the delivery that makes each track hit like an immediate threat rather than a composed piece. Vocals are shredded and confrontational, barely tethered to the instrumentation. It’s messy, volatile, and completely uncompromising. Terorista doesn’t aim for control; it thrives in total breakdown.

Terorista de NAMATAY SA INGAY es sobrecarga sensorial total: una fusión explosiva de velocidad hardcore punk y caos ruidista que se niega a ser contenida. La batería es imparable, empujando todo al límite, mientras las guitarras se disuelven en capas de distorsión que suenan a colapso ambiental. Hay una urgencia violenta que hace que cada tema golpee como una amenaza inmediata. Las voces están desgarradas y confrontativas, apenas atadas a la base. Es caótico, volátil y sin concesiones. Vive en el derrumbe.

AninoKo / Namatay Sa Ingay split 7″

This split by two American bands comprised of Filipino immigrants—with lyrics in Tagalog—is blazing fast and fist-pumpingly riffy. Though it’s definitely a hardcore record, both bands flirt with D-beat quite a bit. The NAMATAY SA INGAY side reminds me of some stuff WARCRY has put out over the years, while the ANINOKO side sort of has more of a CRUDOS vibe, or even AUS-ROTTEN. ANINOKO’s lyrics are translated into English, and delve into colonization, inequality, and the exploitation of immigrant workers. Though NAMATAY SA INGAY’s side is not translated, the insert says the band is “influenced by ’80s Pinoy punk bands and stories from the third world.” Overall, I think this is a very important release to cop. The tone of US punk in 2019 has centered around lifting the voices of immigrants and minorities, and for decades, bands comprised of immigrants and minorities have been left off of shows, and labels have failed to give them a chance to reach a larger audience. Bands like ANINOKO and NAMATAY SA INGAY are as punk as it gets and, as I saw at an ANINOKO show in San Francisco, bring a lot of joy to punks who feel as though they are being represented in the music they love.