Chosen by Monk

Our first #VOTW of 2024 sees us getting the new year off to a suitably abrasive, hard-hitting and obnoxiously uncompromising start as we fall ‘Victim’ to the aural and visual assault of south coast hardcore champions Desolated, who are calling out the soul-suckers and energy vampires with the first single off their new album, which is due to be released later this year via MLVLTD Music, the label owned by Malevolence (whose drummer, Charlie Thorpe, also fulfills the same duties in Desolated):

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