"soul of the martyr"Year: 1998
Country: US
City: Oakland, CA
Label: Relapse
Format: CD
Tracks: 35
Time: 30 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Grindcore
The Oakland, CA based grindcore outfit BENÜMB emerged during the mid-1990s with a flurry of releases, the majority of them split singles and EPs recorded in conjunction with acts including: Apartment 213, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Supression and Short Hate Temper. Upon signing to the Relapse label, BENÜMB issued the Gear in the Machine EP in 1997; the full-length Soul of the Martyr followed a year later. Withering Stands of Hope came in 2000. The last release at date was an split next to hardcore band Premonitions Of War (*Review by Jason Ankeny).