Release Date June 13th, 2026
Format Viny/CD/Cassette
Genre Crust Punk, Stenchcore
Origin UK
Extinction Of Mankind formed in 1992 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, UK, and have spent more than three decades in the crust punk underground with no interest in trends or polite presentation. With Ste on vocals, Scoot on guitar, Jamie on bass and Goldie on drums, the band comes back with its fifth full length album, "Slaves To No One", recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Joe Clayton at No Studio in Manchester.
"Slaves To No One" is raw crust punk with a strong metal bootprint. The Amebix influence appears in the apocalyptic atmosphere, and the Bolt Thrower touch comes through in the heavier riff work, without turning the album into imitation worship. The sound is rough, grim and physical, guitars grind, drums hammer forward, bass sits low, and the vocals spit anger with no sweetener added.
The album’s best moments come when Extinction Of Mankind lock into that old stenchcore attack and let the songs march like a warning siren. The political anger is there, environmental ruin, social decay, collapse, control, and survival, all handled with the blunt tone this style needs. It also has limits. Some parts stay on the same D-Beat pattern longer than needed, and a few songs could use a sharper hook or a nastier turn to make them hit deeper. The album is good, no question, although it does not always rise above its own formula. When it works, it sounds mean and committed. When it drags, it sounds like a band relying on instinct more than fresh ideas.
For crust punk and stenchcore listeners, "Slaves To No One" is a strong return from a name that has earned respect the hard way. It is rough, angry, political and heavy enough to matter. It fits right, a good album, real spirit, a few duller patches, no surrender.
|7.5
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