Brassick - Pelt

Video released August 31st 2013

I've never been one for metal/hard-core, sure I appreciate bands like Alexisonfire but the whole genre to me always seems like such a puzzle. I've given Brassick a look tonight on a pure whim, while browsing the BlankTV YouTube channel I came across their track and gave it a go, while I still don’t understand the appeal a lot of people have I'm slightly more clued up now in that I've found a band that could be considered to loosely fit this descriptive genre that I could actually see myself listening to more in the future.

Let’s start by stating the obvious, I had no clue who they were and was fairly surprised when I heard lead singer Nicola Hardy vocals, aggressive confrontational being the two adjectives diving to the forefront of my mind when describing the overall sound. That being said the song is a lot more than shouting at someone to grab their attention, it’s melodic and has meaning, and these were the qualities which grabbed my interest. The lyricism of the band seems to rest on their firmly held beliefs in the pro peace message as well as anti-bullying, sexism and racism.

While I may have said at the beginning of this article that they’re a metal/hardcore band I now see the band’s firmly held punk beliefs, think of them as a female lead Sick Of It All, you can tell by the style that a pit at one of their gigs would destroy those less schooled giggers in the crowd.

To say they’re a hardcore punk band would be unfairly dismissive, while I see them as that before much else they’re musicality is spread far wider and includes a diverse set of influences, these are people with a message and they really don’t care if they have to scream that message directly into your face in order for you to hear it, passion and dedication will be the qualities that will propel this band in the future.