Mere Mortals Defeat 12″
MERE MORTALS’ hardcore is as straight-laced as it is straightforward: rapid-fire, machine gun blastbeats alternating with floor-stomping downstrokes and gang vocals. There’s a handful of metal moments, but nothing more than that. I can imagine this record being released in the ’90s, when bands like DS-13 and WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? invoked past genres without falling into pastiche. The sound is simple and sweet, like a good quality live recording.