Humiliation Ritual detonates without warning. It is the opening track from Smearing’s new release Acts of Service, and arrives as a minute-and-a-half fireball of blistering aggression, setting the tone with no interest in mercy.
Hailing from Seattle, Smearing fuse grindcore’s velocity with hardcore punk, post hardcore abrasion, and extreme metal weight. The result is ferocity stripped to its rawest function.
Humiliation Ritual is a biting critique of toxic chain reactions of public humiliation, online mob mentality, and superficial performance. A brief outburst of menace and vital agony is channeled from genuine darkness that feels lived in and enraged.
Smearing stands out in an abundance of extremism by speaking truthfully and loudly.
ZR