Bent Benevolence by Offset
The impetuous nature of Singapore’s Deathpunk cohort OFFSET is further manifested on their debut MLP “Bent Benevolence”, four tracks of discordant HM-2 lacerations in under ten minutes.
Taking on a spontaneous live recording approach in the studio, the underlying nuance of “Bent Benevolence” is doused with a sense of urgency; resulting in a more cacophonous and suffocating sentiment with credible influences of Motorcharged Punk, Dark Hardcore and Death Metal.
Recorded and mixed at TNT Studio (Wormrot, WTN, Marijannah, Lubricant, etc) by engineering mogul Ah Boy and mastering duties handled by Jack Control at Enormous Door Mastering, USA (Darkthrone, Final Conflict, Trap Them, Aura Noir, etc). Featuring the extremely bizarre yet captivating cover artwork of cult Japanese Ero Guro manga artist Shintaro Kago and vinyl layout by Heresie Design Studio (Ensnared, Teitanblood, Blut Aus Nord, etc).
Vinyl version with B-side etching available in the following color variants:
- 100 copies in Baby Blue vinyl
- 100 copies in Hot Pink vinyl
- 300 copies in Black vinyl
Tracklist
| 1. | Plunged Into | 2:04 |
| 2. | Plugged Illusion | 2:19 |
| 3. | Playhell | 1:30 |
| 4. | Plagueatory | 3:41 |
Credits
Guitars and drums recorded live at TNT Music Studio, Singapore.
Vocals and bass recorded in different sessions at TNT Music Studio, Singapore.
Mixed by Ah Boy at TNT Music Studio, Singapore.
Mastered by Jack Control at Enormous Door Mastering, USA.
Cover artwork by Shintaro Kago
Band logo by Bin ‘Braindrained’ Bautista
Band photography by Bobby Dread
Layout by Àlex Tedìn at Heresie Design Studio
“ What you get for your 9:31 is four tracks of fast, grimy and raw Death Metal played without filter or remorse.” - VM Underground
“Offset’s music rarely changes course over four tracks of deathly punkishness.” - Metal Hammer UK
“Listeners will no doubt be excited at the prospect of what OFFSET will do as they hone their craft in the years to come.” - Distorted Sound (7/10)
“The band takes the most violent part from each of their influences then spit it on our face.” - Acta Infernalis
“Bent Benevolence is not just a good EP. It's a perfect introduction to a band and a sound that we do not see enough of these days.” - Ravenrocksite.dk (4/5)
“Boss HM-2 driven Hardcore Punk... neocrust and street punk riffs.” - Grizzly Butts
“Offset presents us nothing for beautiful spirits, proggers and virtuoso guitar sounds, but energetic crust punk.” - soundmagnet.eu (8/10)
“Krustiger Death Metal, directly and playfully little refined.” - musikreviews.de (9/15)
“Heavy vocals with depth to hell.” - Rockway.gr
“The stench enough to knock you out and send you face first into the choking quagmire.” - gbhbl.com (7.5/10)
“It’s a whirlwind ride of raw and raucous emotion.” - Zero Tolerance (3/5)
“Noticeable presence of Nausea, Discharge with a punk dose of GBH, with grind touches of Napalm Death.” - Greek Rebels
“Death Metal on one hand, Crustcore on the other, and in the middle of it total madness.” - Legacy Magazin (11/15)
“Destroys with visceral Death Metal/Crust.” - The Old Coffin Spirit (8/10)
“A very powerful sound in production with a battery that sounds like a mallet.” - Metalbrothers
“Turns up like a drunk daddy in the heat of Saturday night. “ - Chaos Vault (8/10)
“The sound as a whole gives me some clear Autopsy vibes.” - Cave Dweller Music
“Disfiguring Deathpunk with an album cover just as maniacal.” - Heaviest Of Art
License
All rights reserved.
OFFSET was formed very quickly over the course of a two-day rehearsal session where the “Besmirch” demo was also recorded live at TNT Studio by K.K Wong (Ah Boy) in one recording take, with the vocals recorded during a different session.
The concept behind OFFSET is to create music in an almost spontaneous-like fashion; fast and sharp riffs razor through under the wrath of the mighty Hm-2.