Hailing from Texas, PLF (I honestly don’t know what it stands for) abide by the unwritten law venerated in grind of “fast, brutal and short”.
True to the genre’s most religious guidelines and clocking in at an intensely abrupt 17 minutes, "Devious Persecution and Wholesale Slaughter" is an unapologetic, ravenous and relentless grindcore attack that will surely appeal to fans of Napalm Death, Terrorizer and Phobia. This album offers forth all the crusty and severe sonic chaos that diehard grind maniacs crave, and when the straight-ahead grindcore gets a bit tiresome, the band pulls off some catchy and furious thrash riffs that cast an 80’s Bay Area influence. The band's power and execution is impressive, drummer Bryan Fajardo offers a particularly impressive performance here; those who know his work from Phobia, Kill the Client and Noisear will certainly not be disappointed.
Tell all your grind friends about PLF, this band is way too good to be kept a secret.

Band info: www.facebook.com/PLF
Label info: www.sixweeksrecords.com

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If the name Kill the Client has any significance to you, then you’ll know exactly what to expect from their fourth full-length record “Set for Extinction”.
Packed to overload with ferocious and downright intense riffs and savage vocal manifestos, the Texan’s first work for Relapse Records is a monster record that will make fans of brutal and skull-crushing grind weep with joy. This album grabs you by the balls right from the start and rarely let’s go until it finishes. Even when the band’s relentless assault is punctuated by a more mid-paced, groovy riffing, Kill the Client sounds completely lethal and set out to inflict maximum aural damage.
Crucial players in the grindcore scene, Kill the Client just keep getting better and more deadly with each new release, so there’s very little to be said about them that hasn’t already been stated before.
Perhaps I should add that no matter what they’ll do from now on, Kill the Client deserve to get their name imprinted in the grindcore Olympus right next to Napalm Death, Brutal Truth, Nasum and Agathocles. (8.5/10)

David Alexandre

Band info: www.myspace.com/killtheclient
Label info: www.relapse.com
For fans of: Napalm Death, Brutal Truth, Nasum

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With such increasing number of releases displaying a social-political contestation bent for the Bush administration and the US government in the last few years it would be logical to presume that Willowtip offices are under the close surveillance of an obscure and ultra-secret organization working for the government.
“Cleptocracy” from US grinders Kill the Client picks up the torch and extends the bile against the current social-political situation in the US and OH BOY they sound fucking pissed off.
I’m talking about 18 tracks of relentless grinding fury bursting throughout 23 intensively chaotic minutes. Imagine someone holding two large backpacks walking into an international airport and screaming the names of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaida immediately triggering a torrent of chaos and maniacal behaviours that would be too damn close to the aural experience provided by “Cleptocracy”.
In other words, Kill the Client plays a ferocious and dirty Grindcore tainted with the crusty influences of Napalm Death and the insane savagery of both Brutal Truth and Nasum, occasionally widening their scope with the inclusion of slower and sludgy riffs that effectively prevents “Cleptocracy” from sounding a tad monotonous.
Considering the US are now facing a crucial time of change with the election of a new president, I just hope that Willowtip artists don’t run out of sources of inspiration that have been fuelling such brutal releases of lately. (7/10)

Band info: www.myspace.com/killtheclient
Label info: www.candlelightrecords.co.uk

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