The punk rock band Coma Beach crafts angsty, nihilistic anthems drawing on the deep wells of existential despair. Formed by a quintet of European musicians with a penchant for darkly poetic lyrics, Coma Beach translates the bleak visions of authors like Samuel Beckett into punk song craft of acute pain and angst.
In “Jesus’ Tears,” the band gives voice to a shattered antihero whose descent into madness and vengeance provides searing social commentary through a lens of dark humor. Coma Beach’s music is a vital, visceral alarm call in a world of meaningless torment.
The piercing guitars and thunderous drums of “Jesus’ Tears” envelop you from the opening seconds, pulling you into a vortex of maximum volume and energy. This track is fierce rock at its most aggressive and atmospheric, harnessing enormous, distorted sounds to transport the listener to another dimension of sonic intensity.
Every element of “Jesus’ Tears” moves at a bruising pace, from the heavy drumbeat to the whiplash guitar riffs and impactful vocal performance. The drums in particular sound like they’re being pounded out by a machine gun, with rapid-fire beats, and snare cracks flying at you from all directions.
At the center of this maelstrom stands a vocal performance for the ages. The vocals on “Jesus’ Tears” walk the line between screamed and sung, rasped and roared. The rasp and grit in the voice bring a raw, almost primal quality, like the song has emerged from some ancient, primal place.
In the end, “Jesus’ Tears” is hardcore rock done right, full of towering, legendary sounds that induce headbanging and scream-along in equal measure. This band knows how to build a song with real guts and teeth, one that gets under your skin and refuses to leave you be. “Jesus’ Tears” is the rare rock song that everyone will most certainly get addicted to.
For fans of extreme and intuitive rock, Coma Beach is a band to follow closely. Tune in to the pounding drums, gritty guitars, and vocal howls of “Jesus’ Tears” on Spotify now—and be sure to follow Coma Beach to keep up with their next powerful masterwork.
