Fleas and Lice – “Prepare for Armageddon”

Hailing from Groningen, Netherlands, the long-running crust punk outfit Fleas and Lice delivered a definitive statement of international DIY resistance with their 2005 full-length, Prepare for Armageddon. Released jointly through Skuld Releases in Europe and Rodent Popsicle Records in the United States, the album captures the band’s signature twin-vocal assault and politically charged, anti-establishment worldview. Recorded at Track Studios in Bremen, Germany, the record maintains a fierce, unrelenting mid-tempo d-beat groove punctuated by surprisingly catchy melodies and scathing lyricism, as heard on standout tracks like No Confusion No Division and Industrial Brutality. Sonically, the band masterfully welds the heavy, apocalyptic crust foundation of UK stalwarts like Doom and Antischism with the high-energy, classic European hardcore punk structures of Doomryderz and Hiatus, cementing the album as a crucial cross-continental crust document.

Track Listing:

1. No Confusion No Division – 3:18
2. Free World – 2:27
3. Don’t Say Cunt – 3:02
4. Industrial Brutality – 3:34
5. Skag – 2:19
6. Insane – 2:45
7. Prepare For Armageddon – 2:25
8. Art Of Death – 2:58
9. Take It Back – 2:42
10. Never Enough – 2:46
11. Fear – 4:56