Def-Con-One Warfare

2012, Sounding every bit like a Southern US beast in the vein of Pantera, Def-Con-One actually hail from Newcastle England, with WARFARE appearing to be the band's second sense mashing assault. Dirty great riffs tear out of the speakers with blood spattering force and all the subtlety of a baseball bat meeting your head at great pace. The vocals slash and stab, while the positively pummelling drums - courtesy of one-time Venom stick shredder Antton Lant, knock you off your feet, before continuing the attack, turning your ears to a bloody pulp. The real stars of this seductively sickening show are vocalist Davey Meikle and guitarist Johnny Hunter, who between them serve up song after song of sense suffering brutality. However without Antton's deafening drumming and the bass bashing of Steve Miller, the effect would be halved.