Monday, April 16, 2012

Phobia/Remnants Of Filth/Willowtip/2012 CD Review


  Phobia  are  a  band  from  Orange  County,  California  that  has  a  history  that  goes  back  more  than  20  years  that  plays  a  musical  style  that  I  would  describe  as  being  brutal  crust/grindcore  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  album  "Remnants  Of  Filth"  which  was  released  by  Willowtip.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  grindcore  riffs  that  dominate  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  crust  and  grindcore  together,  while  the  lead  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  are  very  primitive  sounding  crust/grind  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  range  from  deep  death  metal  growls,  crustcore style  yelling  and  high  pitched  grindcore  screams  along  with  some  spoken  word  samples  being  thrown  in  at  times,  while  the  lyrics  cover hateful,  political,  drinking  and  everyday  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful  and  heavy  sound  to  it  where  you  can  hear   all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  album  from  Phobia  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  brutal crust/grindcore,  you  should  check  this  album  out.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Dementia  Having  Overdose"  "Let  It  Go"  "No  Sympathy  For  The  Weak"  and  "Filthy  Fucking  Punks".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Hellterror/War Of Idiocracy/Dis-Organ-Ized Net Label/2010 EP Review

  Hellterror  are  a  band  from  Malaysia  that  plays  crust/grindcore  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2010  demo  "War  Of  Idicracy"  which  was  released  by  Dis-Organ-Ized  Net  Label.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars  and  at  times  they  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Rhythm  guitars  range f rom  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  crust  punk  with  grindcore  and  there  are  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  present  on  this  recording.

  Vocals  range  from  deep  crust/grind  growls  to  high  pitched  grindcore  screams,  while  the  lyrics  are  written  in  Malaysian  and  cover  hateful  and  every  day  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  very  dark,  heavy,  raw  and  primitive  sound  to  it.

  In my  opinion  Hellterror  are  a  very  great  sounding  crust/grindcore  hybrid  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  style,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Ceritakan"  "Sial"  "puas"  and  "Toxicology".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

EyeToFuk/Orgasmik Holofukout/Torn Fleash Records Net Label/2010 Album Review


  EyeToFuk  are  a  band  from  the  U.K  that  plays  a  mixture  of  porno  grind,  industrial,  death  metal  and  breakcore  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2010  album  "Orgasmik  Holoefukout"  which  was  released  by  Torn  Flesh  Records  Net  Label.

  Drum  programming  ranges  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  beats  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  blast  beats  being  programmed  into  the  music,  while  the  samples  bring  the  experimental,  noise,  industrial  and  breakcore  influences  into  the  music,  as  for  the  bass  playing  it  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  noise,  gindcore  and  death  metal  together  and  there  are  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  present  on  this  recording.

  Vocals  range  from  distorted  sounding  death  metal  growls,  high  pitched  grindcore  screams  along  with  a  great  amount  of  samples  from  porno  films,  while  the  lyrics  cover  porno,  satanic,  demented  and  gore  themes,  as  for  the  production  it has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  to it.

  In  my  opinion  EyeToFuck  are  a  very  great  sounding  industrial/noise/porno/death/grind  hybrid  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  style  of  music,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Sweet  Satan  Pill"  "Drugsexual  Abscess"  "Alien  Sex  Slayer"  and  "Orgasm  Killed  Bill".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Fuck The Facts/Escunta/Xuriiux/2002 CD Review


  This  is  another  review  of  a  release  from  Fuck  The  Facts  called  "Escunta"  which  was  released  by  Xuriiux  during  the  year  of  2002  and  on  this  recording  they  go more  for  a  harsh  experiemntal  noise/grind  sound.

  Noise  effects  are  all  harsh  sounding  power  electronics  with  a  great  amount  of  heavy  distortion  as  well  as  a  great  amount  of  samples  and  spoken  word  samples,  in  addtion  there  are  alot  more  melow  sounding  experiemental/industrial  noise  parts  in  the  music  as w ell  as  some  drum  programming  on  the  last  song.

  Vocals  when  they  are  utilized  are  all  deep  distorted  sounding  death/grind  growls  and  screams  along  with  some  hip hop  style  beats  with  a  great  amount  of  heavy  guitar  distortion  behind  the  music,  a  for  the  production  it has  a  very  dark,  raw  and  primitive  sound  to  it.

   In my  opinion  this  is  another  great  recording  from  Fuck  The  Facts  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  experimental/harsh  noise,  you  should  check  it  out.  RECOMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "My  Revenge" "Kill  Matt  With  Alcohol"  and  "They  Call  It  Dance  Musick".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

Fuck The Facts/Bastardizing Canada/Xuriiux/2002 Live EP Review


  This  is  another  release  from  Fuck  The  Facts  which  is  a  live  ep  that  came  out  in  2002  on  Xuriiux  called  "Bastardizing  Canada".

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  tone  with  riffs  that  dominate  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  are  very  raw  and  primitive  sounding  which  combines  noise,  crust  and  grindcore  together  with  a  brief  use  of  soft  and  clean  playing a s  well  as  some  melody  and  there  are  no guitar  solos  or  leads  present  on  this  recording.

  Vocals  are  a  mixture  of  deep  death  metal  growls,  high  pitched  noise/grindcore  screams,  spoken  word  parts  and  samples,  while  the  lyrics  cover  violent  and  hateful  themes,  as  for  the  production  the  ep  was  recorded  live  and  has  a  very  heavy,  raw  and  primitive  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  recording  from  Fuck  The  Facts  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  noise/crust/grindcore,  you  should  check  it  out.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "The Burning  Side"  and  "Smokin'  a  Fatty".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.  

Fuck The Facts/fourOnine/xuriiux/2001 Ep Review


  Fuck  The  Facts  are  a  band  from  Canada  that  has  had  a  few  of  their  albums  reviewed  in  this  zine  with  a  style  that  crosses  noisecore,  power  violence,  grindcore  and  crustcore  together  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2001  ep  "fourOnine"  which  was  released  by  Xuriiux.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  tone  with  riffs  that  dominate  throughout  the  recording  and  at  times  they  sound  very  powerful.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  gindcore,  noise  and  crust  punk together  and  there  are  little  to  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  present  on  this  recording.

  Vocals  are  a  mixture  of  deep death  metal  growls,  high  pitched  grindcore/noise  screams,  spoken  word  parts  and  a  great  number  of  samples,  while  the  lyrics  cover  violent  and  hateful  themes,  as  for t he  production  it  has  a  very  heavy,  raw  and  primitive  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  recording  from  Fuck  The  Fucks  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  noise/crust/grind,  you  should  check  it  out.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Whisper  Dependancy"  and  "409".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.
  

Fuck The Facts/Discocore Massacre/Xuriiux/2001 CD Review


  Fuck  The Facts  are  a  band  from  Canada  that  has  a  few  of  their  recordings  reviewed  in  this  zine  with  a  musical  style  that  I  would  describe  as  being  experimental  crust/grind  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2001  album  "discocore  Massacre"  which  was  released  by  Xuriiux.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being  thrown  into the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars  and  at  times  they  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  grind  and  crustcore  together  with  a  great  amount  of  primitive  riffing  along  with  some  heavy  distortion  and  there  are  little  to  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  present  on  this  recording.

  Vocals  range  from  high  pitched  grindcore  screams,  deep  death  metal  growls,  crustcore  style  yells,  spoken  word  parts  and  a  great  amount  of  samples,  while  the  lyrics  cover  violent  and  hateful  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  heavy,  raw  and  primitive  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion this  is  another  great  recording  from  Fuck  The  Facts  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  extreme  crust/grindcore,  you  should  check  this  out.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "The  Give  &  Take"  "Control.net"  and  "Spoiled  Human  Race".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.