Propaghandi - Supporting Caste

There’s certainly something massively satisfying about hearing the opening riffs to album opener ‘Night Letters’. Chunky planet sized stop start rhythms burst through the speakers, firmly letting you know that Propaghandi are back.

The follow up to 2004’s ‘Potemkin City Limits’, ‘Supporting Caste’, sees the band firmly reassert themselves into the midst of politically driven fist pumping punk thrash and by and large it works a huge treat. Five albums in and the band seemed to have further refined their sound, moving ever further away from the more ska tinged roots of old, and into something that is ultimately more straightforward.

One things that hits home is just how tight this band are, barely a second is left bare, so much have the band crammed into every note, the album positively sweats rage in its musical form. In ‘Human(e) Meat (The Flensing of Sandor Katz)’, we get the fiery vocals with guitar solos all over, ‘Potmemkin City Limits’ is a technical beast of signature riffage that can pout the smile on any music appreciating persons face and album closer ‘Last Will and Testament’ is a fine way to end what is essentially a massively entertaining piece of work. Granted a bit more variation wouldn’t have gone amiss, but if solid punk rock with a heavy dose of hardcore is your cup of tea, you can do a lot worse than pick this up.