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In my view, Inepsy are the best French Canadian band to exist since the classic lineup of VoiVod. When I first saw them they had snuck into the USA because of some kind of problematic criminal records. They all wore black leather and had spikey hair, and sounded like a punked out Motorhead. Every song raged. When their 7″ single finally came out it confirmed the promise of that first gig I caught. This was first rate punk, but also exceptionally good as rock ‘n roll. The See You In Hell e.p. has a deceptively simple formula. Take Motorhead circa Overkill-Iron Fist, season liberally with GBH and Discharge (lots of D-beats),  tune to Venom (C I think), and toss in a  couple of Hellhammer’s breakdowns… basically you get the catchiest music imaginable. It all makes sense, and it’s not hard to play “rocked out punk”, but Inepsy just had a really good knack for it starting with this record - “See You In Hell”. Germ Warfare kicks off and it’s kind of perverse a song with such atrocious subject matter be so toe-tapping. I mean, it’s not a huge deal for me, I like music that sounds like tv static, so to my ears this is tuneful. There’s some Hellhammer flavor in this one where they hit the low notes and there’s a heavy Tom Warrior style mosh part too. A rea. It’s a Time Bomb comes second, and its been a live staple since the time of this record, straight up Motorhead style riffing distilled to fit with punk drumming, but without losing the tendency for great choruses, and driving power-riffs. Hammer Hearth moves along an almost identical structure but why fix what isn’t broken. Finishing things up is The Reaper Watches The Game, which gets back to a little more Hellhammer style approach but also echos some Clay-era GBH in the start and stop moments. Its a fine beginning to a band that has provided 3 exceptional lps of punked out grimy rock n roll (at least one of which is a perfect 10). This is an early release on the always high-quality, Feral Ward. Hey Yannick, if you’re reading this, this record has been OOP for long enough. How about a 12″ pressing with the 4 added songs from the tour CDR the band had a little before the 7″ had come out. Someone out there’s gotta be able to engineer this into happening…