Disfear - A Brutal Sight of War (1993)

   The Swedish metal scene always kept attention of what was happening in the UK, and it seemed like the British scene had a constant direct influence on them. So it's not surprising that crust punk appeared in Sweden very soon after the style was born in the UK.
   Disfear took crust punk quite well, no one could tell that they are not a British band if they wouldn't had Swedish lyrics too. They fit both in musical and lyrical concept too, and they were probably one of wildest bands in this style. Even though "A Brutal Sight of War" counts as a full-lenght album, it was more like a short EP, but because of that the album doesn't had the chance to become too monotone or repeitive (unlike in the case of most other crust punk bands). The songs are also quite short, so the album is like an overwhelming fast rush came out from nowhere to devastate all that comes into it's way. The sound itself is enough noisy and dirty to cause enough enjoyment, but the intensiveness and the growling-like vocals are completeing the dark tone in the main view. An entertaining sight of political and societal criticism.