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OG SYRACUSE HARDCORE yobbos THE CATATONICS debuted with 1984’s semi-legendary Hunted Down EP (Southern Lord) [8], fusing the incipient brutality of thrash with the chaotic fury of punk before disappearing back into obscurity. Their entire recorded output is here on one disc, ensuring these caustic slabs of aggro energy are lovingly preserved for posterity. ENTOMBED were breaking out punk shapes on DCLXVI (Threeman) [6] in 1997, along with shades of stoner/ garage rock, leaving none of the deathly traces that first earned them a fanbase. It’s a fun, loud record with a raucous looseness and great thick sound, but a lack of substance and consistency hasn’t helped it age well.