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Italian crust / grindcore squad HORRID HUMAN CONDITION will release their debut album Perpetual Imbalance on April 18th 2025 via Time To Kill Records.

The first single, “Abused by Life”, is now streaming HERE.

The band commented: 

“‘Abused by Life’ was the first track composed by the band, shortly after the formation in the summer of 2022. Musically, it is a synthesis of the influences found throughout the album, ranging from neocrust to more traditionally crust punk sounds, with some black metal elements. The song deals with the theme of human exploitation in the workplace. In an increasingly fast-paced and cynical society, the ones who suffer the consequences are the workers, forced to give up their rights just to survive, spending a part of their existence in a state of alienation.”

“The lyrics are inspired by two major films: ‘Metropolis’ by Fritz Lang and ‘The Working Class Goes to Heaven’ by Elio Petri.”

Track-list:

01 – Prelude to Failure
02 – Man is Overrated
03 – Heavy Burden
04 – The Great Decay
05 – Endless Nightmare
06 – Scorn
07 – A New Famine
08 – Price to Pay
09 – Nowhere to Hide
10 – Abused by Life
11 – Disguise
12 – Total Indifference
13 – The Last Era
14 – Black Lungs

Preorders:

https://timetokillrecords.com/collections/horrid-human-condition-perpetual-imbalance

https://horridhumancondition.bandcamp.com/album/perpetual-imbalance

Band Bio: Horrid Human Condition was formed in the summer of 2022 when Alessandro (vocals), Claudio (guitar) and Marino (bass) met Carlo (drums). Drawing from parallel experiences with other projects (laCasta, Nigredo), the first sessions came out very productive: in a few months the band wrote 14 songs, played live for the first time in March 2023 and recorded in December of the same year.

The band’s name is a sign of the social and existential dread of mankind. It’s the disillusion that comes forth when one realizes that the system in which all of us live thrives not for the good of the people, but for the good of the rich and powerful, in the expense of the far majority of us who are less fortunate.

It’s the disillusion that comes forth when one realizes that money, religion, morals, politics and so on are just tools used by power to maintain itself.

Musically, Crust Punk and Grindcore can convey this dread very well, with their extreme and fast-paced rhythms. A sharp and high-pitched guitar, a sludgy, acid, monolithic bass and machine-gun-like drums support screamed-out and barked vocals, in a Triumph of desperate energy, where the band actively seeks out contact with the public.

For fans of: Doom – Skitsystem – Wolfbrigade – Disfear – Disrupt – Dropdead – Dystopia – Tragedy – Fall of Efrafa – Ekkaia – Napalm Death – Extreme Noise Terror – Nails

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