FILTH OF MANKIND "The Final Chapter" Tape [Scream Records/Trująca Fala/Devil Machine Records, 2000]

In keeping up with my posts on 2000s records I really like of various punk sub-genres, here's one of my favorite crust records ever from Poland's FILTH OF MANKIND. This is an excellently balanced record, nothing is too metallic about it, nothing too raw, nothing too d-beaty, nor nothing too polished either. It also has its own unique tone and atmosphere, something that's hard to pull out of the crust genre when it's so easy to sound just like every other band or sound like a cliche. What I also like about it, is that the songs are actually catchy and have original structures; they really sound like they were creating their own sound in the genre rather than just mindlessly rehashing the great crust lords of squatters' past. I think it also helps that they chose to sing in Polish, which really lends to the crust sound, it can be such a harsh sounding language with it's SZs, CZs
 and high frequency consonant clusters, not to mention the brevity in which you can communicate an idea in the language when compared to the wordy languages that have articles and are less heavily reliant on cases as Polish/Slavic languages are.

This a heavy, long song, epic crust record done right, it's never lacking in faster parts and isn't scared to have more grit and isn't diminished or watered down with ultra high production values. One of the best examples of a cohesive LP in the crust genre I think. 

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Filth of Mankind!