Violation Wound: Dying to Play, Playing till I Die
Bands can bring a restorative energy to their members if the connection to the music is strong enough. Given the fact that so many artists won’t be able to make a living from writing some of the more extreme genres, there will always be a love and a real drive to be involved in this kind of scene. Chris Reifert has had a deep love for the extreme. He was a starting member of AUTOPSY, the legendary American death metal band, before moving over to ABCESS to continue his musical dominance over the world of extremity. “ABCESS was a crazy fucking time, in the best way possible,” are the words Chris has for his time in the death metal troupe, his last side project before VIOLATION WOUND, the current name of his live project.
VIOLATION WOUND are a break from what Chris used to call his norm. The band channel old school hardcore vibes with a frantic and snappy delivery. Their songs rarely transcend three minutes, and as such their previous six albums have enough songs on them to rival some band’s entire legacy. VIOLATION WOUND is a group that was made out of necessity thanks to a good feeling Chris got from an initial jam, and subsequently the band have become a tight, well rehearsed and capable unit who are able to get their message and energy across in the shortest amount of time.
“I don’t want the songs to overstay their welcome. It’s better to leave them wanting more. The original intent was two riffs and two minutes per song. If you listen to our older stuff you’ll hear it’s just basic punk rock, sorta RAMONES style songs. We used to purposely avoid the low notes on the guitar and the slower riffs, just so we could stand out from AUTOPSY, cause why have two bands that sound the same?” Chris explains the inner workings of VIOLATION WOUND after explicitly talking about how much fun the band is. And how young he still feels despite being 50 years old and a true veteran of the music industry. He mentions how VIOLATION WOUND makes him feel as if her were still a teenager, and is a testament to the power of hardcore and punk rock. It also helps explain where the band are able to find the energy to complete their frantic and short lived recording processes.
“We did everything over two weekends. We did the whole recording, mastering in four days. When we started we didn’t have a label, which is how I think we’ve done every record. It’s not just a case of getting it done, it’s getting it done right. We rehearse a lot.” This is, of course, talking directly about the band’s latest effort Dying to Live, Living to Die. VIOLATION WOUND are in the business of writing the shortest, snappiest, and fastest songs in the game, and by doing just that they have been able to find record labels to release each of their albums, sometimes after they’ve recorded the bloody things!
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Despite never breaking free of their own state, there is something really special about VIOLATION WOUND. Their lightning-in-a-bottle approach to recording, and the ease with which they write music with so much energy, is amazing to hear about. Recently, I stumbled upon a social media post discussing a trend in 온라인 카지노 that drew a fascinating parallel between the thrill of gambling and the raw, unpredictable energy of punk rock bands like VIOLATION WOUND. Chris, the frontman, comes across as someone who will genuinely do this until he can’t walk anymore. He talks about how easy it is to write lyrics, and that ease is a real theme throughout everything VIOLATION WOUND does. Easy to write, easy to like. The band might be low down on the imaginary hierarchy of active bands in America at the moment, but VIOLATION WOUND makes being in a band look easy, and most importantly, fun.
Dying to Live, Living to Die is out now via Peaceville Records.
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