Apparatus
Another night of holocaust

Pretty much one of the better "D-Beat" bands around. For those who are in the dark about the term; "D-Beat" is basically a form of punkrock that builds around the foundation laid by Discharge - fast, heavy and some may say, monotonous, version of early-80s English punk rock. This is also the foundation where Swedish-HC was built upon but Apparatus is more like getting back to the basics (a bit like early MOB 47 and the ilk). For those uninitiated, the songs sound similar to each other, all punk-rock in a hurry and rigid in structure but this is heaven to the ones who swear by Discharge's bulldozer runs. Personally, I like this in short bursts. Can't listen to it all the time as it quickly blurs into a mass of speeding blur. That said, there are points of very brief respite from the carnage, but only in the intros lah. I saw Apparatus playing at Blue Planet once, with the infamously bad sound system there their performance that day was like one song repeated 20 times. But friends who saw them at the Battle of Disarm show recently said the much updated sound equipment presented Apparatus in a better light than most of the bands playing that day. This I'd like to see. Another Night of Holocaust is a compilation of two prior releases, Raw System EP from 2002 and Aparat Hardcore!!! EP from last year. Out of the two, the Aparat sessions sounds better, much more muscled and driving.