You can figure out all you need to know about Israel’s Promiscuity by looking at their name, and by reading this blurb about their Infernal Rock ‘n Roll – 50’s Style flexi disc single: “For the first and the last time, the critically disapproved track INFERNAL ROCK N ROLL is presented on the infamous Flexi disc format, to guarantee minimum sound quality and maximum disturbing static background noise. Get ready for a MONO attack - total 50's style!”
That pretty much covers it. If you’re familiar with the likes of Midnight, Chapel, and Speedwolf, whose efforts of late have made it popular to mix Motörhead-esque speed metal with Venom and Abigail’s black metal, then the term “infernal rock ‘n roll” should make perfect sense to you.
Basic Instinct, Promiscuity’s newest EP, is short and to-the-point, with no frills and absolutely no new contributions to a style that needs no reinvention. This is just raw, angry, hedonistic black/speed metal, and damn is it satisfying. If you’ve heard the stuff these guys take influence from, or from other bands playing the same style, you know exactly what to expect, but you also probably want more of it, and Promiscuity pull it off very, very well; if you aren’t headbanging immediately when the opening notes of ‘The Beauty and the Bitch’ hit, then you just aren’t fucking metal enough.
And that headbanging should continue throughout the entirety of the EP. ‘Pedophile’ is just as deliciously badass as the track it follows up, and the band’s cover of Celtic Frost’s ‘Into the Crypt of Rays’ is both faithful to the original and worthy of carrying the mantle. ‘Maniac’s Blues’ slows it down a little bit in the middle, but not enough to make it stick out; it’s still riffy as hell and should have you thrashing around uncontrollably. The only possible thing to complain about on this EP is that it isn’t longer, but while the ride on this unstoppable booze-fueled freight train may be short, it’s a freakin’ party the entire time.
Basic Instinct just does everything right. It has energy and passion behind it, and riffs this tasty will never, ever get old or go out of style. If they do, you might just be listening to the wrong genre.
Get drunk, worship Satan, and listen to Promiscuity.
