A “DEGENERATE BINDS” TRAP THEM
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 4:30pm by Axl RosenbergLast year I asked Napalm Death’s Barney Greenway if there were any young bands he was really into, and here’s what he told me:
“I’ve got to be honest: I was getting really bored with metal music. I was saying I was bored with the metronomic albums, all the ProTools stuff. I was waiting for someone to come along to really excite me. Trap Them, I heard them for the first time not so long ago, they put me on my ass when I saw them last year at the [Los Angeles] Murder Fest. And to a point, I hate sounding pretentious or melodramatic, but they kind of restored my faith in the metal side of things. They just blew me away.”
That’s pretty much the highest praise any band could ask for, isn’t it? Barney fucking Greenway from Napalm fucking Death says your band restored his faith in metal. Holy shit.
I mention this because out pal Sean “Spleen_Latifa” Gresens from Metal Injection captured the below footage of Trap Them doing a new song, “Degenerate Binds.” I’m actually one of those idiots who didn’t quite understand the appeal of Trap Them – they seem like another pretender to Converge’s throne if you ask me – but I’m willing to give ‘em another shot given Mr. Greenway’s ringing endorsement…
-AR
18 COMMENTS on “A “DEGENERATE BINDS” TRAP THEM”
Fuck Converges throne.
Needs to be said.
I like them but people need to unlock their lips it really gets annoying.
Trap Them, Black Breath and The Secret. Somebody at Southern Lord is on a crusty HC kick at the moment. I like it.
Trap Them is signed to Prosthetic…
I take your word for but their next ep is on Southern Lord. Maybe a one-off.
It’s a one off EP. Their full length is on prosthetic
Trap Them don’t sound like Converge to me. I hear more of a later period Entombed in their DNA.
Both bands I’d say have an Entombed influence but to be Trap Them are way more Entombed, Napalm Death, Disfear while Converge have a lot of other shit going on.
They definitely have that spastic-riffing that’s reminiscent of Converge and same type of intensity on stage, but yeah, aside from that I don’t think they are that similar. Trap Them is definitely way more influenced with that whole buzzsaw guitar tone/D-beat style that you hear in like Entombed/Dismember/Disfear.
Yup. Totally agree.
Trap Them > Converge …. ALWAYS!
TrapThem rules….that is all
I can see the Converge comparison but not like them because of that is bullshit. Trap Them bring on a really raw intensity I can’t find anywhere else. I’m glad they left Deathwish so they can finally step out of Bannon’s shadow.
I don’t see the Converge comparison.
Trap Them, nonetheless, rule!
As was said earlier by multiple people Trap Them have more of a d-beat or crust punk sound to them than a Converge sound. At least their newer stuff is more along those lines. Their first couple EPs and their first full length have a little bit more of the spasticness of Converge. That could be Kurt’s production though. The similarities to me are really only in the amount of energy they both bring live. They are the two best live bands I’ve ever seen.
Wait, people like this band? At NEMHF last year, everyone watching them just sat there watching in confusion on how such awful sounds were penetrating our ears. Then after the last song the lead singer said thanks for being a great crowd except for you (this is where he pointed at a fat kid over by the bathrooms). But ya, every band deserves fans I guess.
What band were you there to see? Lacuna Coil?
“Tim Ledin Is a fan of:
Music
Rammstein”
lmao
Axl
Trap Them-Seance Prime
Get it, love it, or I’m gonna replace you