"Don't fall in love with your suffering. Never presume that your suffering is in itself a proof of your authenticity." -Slavo Zizek "Hell Fucking Yeah! Following their first demo tape in 2018, Hate Preachers come back full swing with four new tracks of raw aggression. They bring it fast, bring it hard and don’t hold back on their vicious style. Their sound is skillfully unproduced to smash you in the face with every chord, every drum beat, and spiteful, cut-to-the-bone lyricism about living on the wrong side of life. Apparently, these guys are closely connected to the East 7th Punx L.A. crew. Members come from other bands like Blazing Eye, Drapetomania, Sadicos, of which I was previously only familiar with Blazing Eye’s 7″. Compared to the Japanese-influenced sound of Blazing Eye, here we have much more hints to the early American hardcore and the everlasting UK82 era, particularly the Clay Records’ punk-rock classics besides Discharge. It’s stripped down, fast paced punk that keeps it real far better than most of the d-beat or 1980’s style hardcore clones out there. I’m really impressed by such demo tapes. If you like your punk filled with raw and primal rage against society, you can’t be disappointed by this ripping band coming straight outta L.A." - DIY Conspiracy "Bile of Progress is the second demo from LA hardcore band Hate Preachers, and it rumbles and roars like it’s straight out of ’84. There’s no denying the strong UK second-wave hardcore influences here, which are duly updated with abundant guts and grit. Bile of Progress isn’t as ravaged by feed backing crust as most of the music around here, but what Bile of Progress does have is unrestrained riffs and a lot of vicious causticity. The demo’s certainly lean, but it’s still muscular, and it feels instinctive and honest. Murderous tunes delivered with urgent purpose. New school old school. Something like that." - Craig Hayes (yourlastrites.com) Our take: Second tape from this LA band. I flipped out over their first release and Bile of Progress is even better. With a ripping fast sound that walks the line between the fastest and hardest UK82 punk (think Ultra Violent or the Partisans at their fiercest) and manic USHC like early Poison Idea or Koro. Lofty comparisons, right? Well, the band deserves them because this shreds. As before, I can’t imagine a more perfect recording, with Mike Kriebel (who you might know from engineering all of those Beat Sessions tapes) channeling everything I love about those aforementioned classic recordings. If your current playlist features bands like Nosferatu, Suck Lords, Unix, and Alienation, you need this in your collection.
