Bloodsweat
by Plague Vendor
  • Record Label: Epitaph
  • Release Date: Mar 25, 2016
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78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. Alternative Press
    Mar 25, 2016
    80
    There's confidence in the slower tempos and meatier hooks that add as sense of foreboding to these 11 songs. [Apr 2016, p.99]
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  2. Exclaim
    Mar 25, 2016
    80
    This is a more fully realized and textured vision of what the band offered on their debut.
  3. AllMusic
    Mar 25, 2016
    70
    There's plenty here to enjoy at a high volume, and at twice the length of their debut, Bloodsweat practically comes off as a double album.
  5. Rock Sound
    Mar 25, 2016
    70
    An alluring, seductive listen that might take a while to get under your skin, but once there will point blank refuse to leave.

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  1. Dykie
    Jul 18, 2016
    9
    Hits you like a breeze block thrown through a plate glass window. Plague Vendor offer up a brutal slice of punk rock thats dark, dirty, funHits you like a breeze block thrown through a plate glass window. Plague Vendor offer up a brutal slice of punk rock thats dark, dirty, fun and at times apocalyptic in sound. It's hard not to be hypnotised by the murky atmosphere; though the album will shatter that trance with pommeling instrumentals and paint stripping vocals before pushing you back beneath the muddy water, only to pull you back out for another sonic assault that will have you wanting to cartwheel through dry walls with reckless abandon. The loaded lyrics will shred you like a hail of straight razors; there's no **** Brandon spits poetic truths with the inarguable intensity of a boiling pan of acid. They'll strip you down, leaving you with only the blood in your veins and sweat on your walls. In summery Plague Vendors second album is much more focused and structured release that manages to refine and concentrate the chaotic force displayed on their debut into something far more formidable. This is the sound of a band thats found exactly what they want to say and how they want to say it. Don't miss out on the experience!… Full Review »
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