Doom
Police Bastard

THE REVIEW

A bit of history...

In the circles of DeBaser, one doesn't often hear about Crust Punk, that variety of Punk fused with extreme Metal at equally extreme levels of rawness.
England. We are more or less in the mid-'80s when it begins to spread, following the example of pioneers of the genre, such as Amebix (considered the first to mix Anarcho Punk and extreme Metal) and Discharge (considered the top D-Beat group).
In 1987, in Birmingham, after several years of rehearsals and line-up changes (for some time Mick Harris was also a member, later the historic drummer in Napalm Death), Doom officially formed, and the first records came out. Worth mentioning is Peaceville Records, an independent label, which was born during that period and released quite a bit of material for the group.

History speaks clearly: Black Sabbath, Traffic, Napalm Death, Godflesh, and even Doom show us that hanging around Birmingham is very beneficial.

The EP "Police Bastard" was released as a 7" in 1989 through Discarded Records, priced at £1.30. Personally, I consider it a "must-have", highly recommended to vintage Hardcore Punk and Grindcore fans (of which they were, in their own way, among the genre's forerunners). The content is made up of 5 tracks with a duration of 8 minutes; as expected, super-fast and short-duration songs.

A record decidedly controversial, perhaps more for its lyrics and artwork: as you can see, the cover depicts an English policeman with the typical headgear marked by a Nazi swastika.
The lyrics, although 95% incomprehensible when listening, focus on the fleetingness of life ("Circles"), the hypocrisy of men in uniform (eponymous track "Police Bastard"), the decay of society and its superficiality ("Diseased"), but also on unity among peoples (as expressed in "Means To An End")
The sound that emerges is characteristic of Crust: furious screams over fast, violent, and raw bases that ooze rust and nihilism.

These gentlemen were among the favorites of master John Peel, among other things.

PLAY FAST OR DIE.