STREAMING: Ramming Speed “Grinding Dissent”

The last time we had our balls in the same pool as Boston-based thrashers Ramming Speed was a long time ago. They were guest blogging about dive bars (HERE) and we were tickled florescent green. Since then, Ramming Speed have visited more dive bars, helped jean-jacketed heshers snap a neck or two, signed to Prosthetic Records, and, surprisingly enough, crafted the follow-up to 2008’s Brainwreck full-length.
Titled Doomed To Destroy, Destined To Die and tracked by Converge studio wizard Kurt Ballou, Ramming Speed’s second will catapult them from cult, from-the-corner thrash act to recognized purveyors of NWOBHM/grind hybrid. If you haven’t heard the Beantown beatnuts, picture DRI covering Napalm Death (early) or Repulsion doing Iron Maiden (early) interpretive runs. Or, just be floored by it and screw our feeble attempts to connect speculative dots.

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“We are incredibly excited to finally announce that we’ve signed on with Prosthetic Records,” Jonah Livingston says via a Prosthetic Records press release, “a label whose roster proves it’s dedication to all facets of heavy music. While our band has been extremely lucky to work with labels like Tankcrimes and Brutal Panda, this is an incredible opportunity and we’re ready for the step forward! See you on the road!”

** Ramming Speed’s new album, Doomed to Destroy, Destined To Die, is out June 25th, 2013.