Daybreak / Godstomper – Nautical Hyperblast / Scarred For Life split lp

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"This split LP featuring Baltimore's Daybreak and Cali blasters Godstomper was released in 2000, and listening to this now timewarps me back to the glorious days of 90's powerviolence. Each of these band's stood out from the pack with a quirky, individualistic take on hyperfast hardcore, and this split rocks some of the best stuff either outfit ever recorded.

In the case of Daybreak, it's actually one of the only things the band ever recorded; formed in 1997, Daybreak only lasted for a couple years, breaking up sometime around 2000. For the brief period that they were around however, Daybreak were one of the
craziest, most manic hardcore bands in the DC/Baltimore area scene, blending together grindcore, thrash, black metal, and West Coast powerviolence with energetic yelped vocals and ferocious, sometimes silly lyrics, and also incorporating a hefty dose of melodic hardcore (and even veering into pop-punk territory at times) which made for a really tuneful, weird brand of blastcore. Their side of this split Lp is almost a concept mini-album: it's titled Nautical Hyperblast, all of the songs combine classic hardcore themes with seafarer/pirate imagery, and contains 17 songs with titles like 'Walk The
Plank, You Art Rock Bastard', 'White Sails', 'Halifax Harbor', and 'Devoured By Tides', with short snippets of ocean sounds (waves, seagulls, etc) appearing between each song. Their side of the LP jacket also sports an awesome old school painting of a sailor being attacked by a rotten undead corpse rising from the surf. Pretty badass! This side is one of Daybreak's only releases aside from a picture disc 7" and split EP with Ultimate Warriors. Blazing, quirky, seafaring "nautical hyperblast"!

Then there's Godstomper's side...if you know Godstomper, then you'll know what to expect here: stripped down, bass-heavy, heavy as hell fastcore/noisecore, blistering blown out bass guitar riffs and amplifier noise rumbling over chaotic, overcaffienated drumming, with their pissed off, sarcastic lyrics delivered via brutal barking vocals. Despite being just a drums-and-bass guitar duo, Godstomper's duo of brother's Paul and Danny Barfo create a crushing whirlwind of extreme speed violence, channeling Swiss noisegrinders Fear Of God through snotty skate punk vibes and malfunctioning
instrument cables, and often breaking off into total improvised blast noise. Their side of this split blazes thru 12 tracks of noisy, crushing, terminally ugly blastcore that kills, and like most Godstomper releases, rocks some bitchin' B&W line art/collage artwork from the Lester Bangs of the crust/grind/noise underground, Sean "Seanocide" Hogan. The record also comes with a large B&W insert sheet with full lyrics and liner notes from each band." - Crucial Blast