Review: Brat – Manslayer

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 25th September 2026 Originally published: https://thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/brat-manslayer/ 2024’s debut record, ‘Social Grace’, pushed Louisiana’s BRAT straight into the ‘band you have to keep an eye on’ pile, and their intoxicating Molotov cocktail of thrash, death metal, grind and hardcore is very hard to ignore. So when ‘Manslayer’ was revealed, and especially with that gloriously lurid and violent cover art, I had great hopes that we were about to see the next step up for BRAT. They also took a lot of lyrical inspiration from country music and tales of women getting their revenge for crimes perpetrated against them. ‘Manslayer’ is out now through Prosthetic Records. The ferocious speedball approach that BRAT take varies with each song, but fast or slow you will never be bored with what they’re putting down. The sickening, bone crunching groove sections of ‘Speculum Bleed’ and ‘Asking for Hell’ are classic early NYHC meets nasty old Napalm…

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