Who's My Saviour/Wall Of Sickness/7 Degrees Records/2013 12 Inch Review

  Who's  My  Saviour  are  a  band  from  Germany  that  plays  a  mixture  of  death  metal,  crust  and  grindcore  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  7  Inch  "Wall  Of  Sickness"  which  was  released  by  7  Degrees  Records.

  A  very  dark  and  avant  garde  sound  starts  off  the  album  and  a  few  seconds  later  spoken  word  samples  are  added  onto  the  recording  and  after  the  intro  the  music  starts  going  into  more  of  a  dark,  melodic  and  heavy  sound  along  with  some  aggressive  vocals  that  also  utilize  some  growls  and  screams  and  you  can  also  hear  elements  of  hardcore  in  the  bands  musical  sound.

  When  blast  beats  are  utilized  they  bring  a  death  metal  feeling  to  the  bands  musical  sound  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  when  high  pitched  screams  are  utilized  you  can  hear  the  more  grindcore  and  power  violence  nature  of  their  musical  style  and  as  the  album  progresses  you  can  hear  the  more  melodic  sound  of  post  hardcore  being  added  into  the  songs  and  the  last  track  also  shows  the  band  returning  to  more  of  an  avant  garde  direction  while  also  keeping  around  their  heavy  and  melodic  sound.

  Who's  My  Saviour  takes  the  heaviness  of  death  metal,  crust  and  grindcore  and  adds  in  the  melody  of  post  hardcore  to  create  their  own  musical  sound,  the  production  sounds  very  dark  and  heavy  while  the  lyrics  cover  darkness  and  literature  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Who's  my  Saviour  are  a  very  decent  sounding  mixture  of  crust,  grind,  death  metal  and  post  hardcore  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Hemingway"  "Morning  Prayer"  and  "The  World  belongs  to  us".  7/5  out  of  10.

      

Wake/Theories/7 Degrees Records/2014 Split 7 Inch Review

 This  is  a  review  of  a  split  7  inch  between  Canada's  Wake  and  Portland,  Oregon's  Theories  which  was  released  in  2014  by  7  Degrees  Records  as  well  as  having  both  bands  covering  His  hero  Is  Gone and  we  will  start  off  the  review with  Wake  a  band  that  plays  a  mixture  of  crust  and  grindcore.

  Their  side  of  the  split  starts  out  with  some  static  before  going  into  more  of  a  heavy  and  melodic  direction  as  well  as  adding  in  screaming  vocals  before  getting  more  brutal  and  adding  in  blast  beats  and  grindcore  style  growls  and  after  awhile  the  band  starts  adding  in  more  elements  of  power  violence  along  with  a  good  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  they  cover  some  very  dark  and  hateful  topics  with  their  lyrics  as  well  as  bringing  in  a  very  dark  soundign  production.

  Next  up  is  Theories  another  band  that  mixes  crust,  power  violence  and  grindcore  together.

  Their  side  of  the  split  starts  out  with  spoken  word  samples  before  going  into  more  of  a  heavy  and  brutal  grindcore  direction  along  with  some   fast  riffing,  blast  beats  and  high  pitched  screams   and  after  awhile  the  band  starts  bringing  in  a  good  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  along  with  some  elements  of  hardcore  and  power  violence,  the  lyrics  that  the  band  cover  are  very  dark  and  violent  while  the  production  has  a  very  heavy  and  brutal  sound  to  it  and  on  the  last  track  they  add  some  melody  into  their  musical  sound.  

  In  conclusion  I  feel  this  is  a  very  great  sounding  split  and  i  would  recommend  it  to  all  fans  of  crust  and  grindcore.  8  out  of  10.

Resonance Cascade Interview

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?
Resonance Cascade is a four-piece grindcore band with the purpose of writing short and fast songs. What started out back in 2008 as an idea discussed by Andreas and Johan died out only to be resurrected again in 2012. With trying out different members it all eventually came down to the four guys you see today and during 2013 RxCx was created. We have all played music for such a long time now so everybody knows the drill which makes everything much easier when you just wanna get the grinding going.
2.In October you have a 7 inch coming out, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording?
Kind of like a lo-fi ear destruction presented in a chaotic package. We wanted to step away from making a polished recording because we feel the intensity is kept within the raw chaos.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?
We decided really early on to have serious lyrics about the criticism we all have against society, humanity and therefore ourselves as well. So the lyrical theme for this 7 inch reflects observations of hopelessness, humanity, society, anger, determination and self hatred. However we didn’t want to write songs about how you should act but write more out of the point of view from a photographer documenting the imminent demise.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Resonance Cascade'?
Grindcore as a genre is like a cascade of sound, so we figured this would be a good name to take and at the same time it also describes what our music sounds like. Also, we like games.

5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?
We have just about wrapped up our first gig which was a great success for us. The audience and organizers were fantastic and a lot of people asked us about were our next show was going to be so we are definately building a confidence that we have something to offer even if the band is young. All of us just want to grind on so where ever it's possible to gig feel free to mail us and we'll sort it out if we can.
Stage performance is more a question for the audience about us I would say but from what I could see on the videos we put up on youtube (check them out) I think it's a good mix of moshing and beerdrinking.

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
At the moment we are open for bookings and suggestions of tours, gigs and in various countries to grind down.
We are looking at the possibilities of touring next year and catch some festivals. If anybody wants to get in touch with us just mail rxcxgrindcore@gmail.com.

7.The 7 Inch is coming out on Cricketcemetary Records, can you tell us a little bit more about this label?
To be honest I don't know that much about the label but from what I gathered so far there is a lot of variation in the music which is a thing I like and you don't see much. It's been in the game since 2010 I think and is based in Arlington, VA. So it's still young but old enough to know how things run. We have had nothing but a good experience so far so we're happy to be a part of the CC-family.

8.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of grindcore?
To be honest, we haven’t gotten that much feedback yet but we seem to have gotten a good spread among fans from different countries. So we are hoping that’s a good indication that we are doing something worth checking out.

9.What is going on with the other bands or musical projects that some of the band members are a part off?
Wow, well there are a lot of different bands among the members so it’s hard to say from the top of our heads. But to name a few - Splattered Mermaids are binge drinking in the rehearsal room. Writing new stuff is hard on the liver. Deranged has just played some shows and will most likely spit out some more tunes or do gigs sooner or later. Pyramido is working fast to play slow and do even more shows and songs. Carneus just played a death metal festival deep in the woods Sweden, sources tell me they had a great time.

10.When can we expect a full length album, and also where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
A full length album is not planned at the moment, but we will hopefully be able to record some new songs during this fall. After that we might start writing songs for an album. Musically we are still trying to really grasp which direction we are going but RxCx is a grindcore band and will remain so. That means short songs, chaotic riffage and fast drums.

11.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
Influences are taken everywhere, from music to art and moods. But Discordance Axis, Gridlink, Insect Warfare, Nasum, Feastem and Rotten Sound are common topics within the band so to speak. I would say that we cover most of the listenable genres among the members. Everything from pop to goregrind is okey (to some extent).

12.What are some of your non musical interests?
We are a quite nerdy band with a lot of interests revolving around games, movies, music, coffee/tea and beer drinking. Music takes up most of our free time though through all the bands we have.

13.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
Thanks alot for supporting us by doing this interview and to all fans and friends, new or old, we can't wait to catch you at some show somewhere, shoot the breeze over a couple of beers and grind with you. See you in the pit.
/Johan and RxCx

Idiots Parade/Idiotsgraphy/Bones Brigade/2014 Compilation Album Review

  Idiots  Parade  are  a  band  from  Slovakia  that  plays  a  mixture  of  grindcore  and  power  violence  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2014  compilation  "Idiotsgraphy"  which  was  released  by  Bones  brigade  and  contains  their  material  from  2005  to  2013.

  A very  heavy  and  old  school  crustcore  sound  starts  off  the  compilation before  speeding  up  into  a  grindcore  direction  along  with  blast  beats  and  a  mixture  of  high  pitched  screams  and  deep  growls  and  the  band  also  bring s in  a  great  amount  of  raw  aggression  and  brutality  with  their  musical  style  as well  as  having  most  of  the  tracks  being  short  in  length.

  There  is  a  good  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  present  throughout  the  compilation  and  the  band  also  brings  in  elements  of  punk,  hardcore,  power  violence  and  thrash  into  their  brutal  approach  to  grindcore  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  there  are  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  present  anywhere  on  the  compilation  and  a  couple  of  the  tracks  bring  in  sampled  synths  and  spoken  word  parts  while  the  main  focus  remains  on  a  very  raw,  heavy  and  brutal  sound.

  Idiots  Parade  plays  a  very  brutal  and  old  school  mixture  of  power  violence  and  grindcore  that  goes  back  to  the  90's  roots  of  the  genre  and  ignores  all  of  the  modern  grind  or  power  violence  trends  to  focus  more  on  a  raw  and  heavy  sound,  the  production  sounds  very  powerful  while  the  lyrics  are  written  in  their  native  tongue  along  with  a  couple  written  in  English  and  cover  violent,  hateful  and  political  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Idiots  Parade  are  a  very  great  sounding  raw  and  brutal  mixture  of  power  violence  and  grindcore  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Laska"  "Antisoza"  "Mozaika"  and  "Whats  wrong".  8  out  of  10.  
 

  

Castle Freak Interview

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?
Castle Freak is a 4 peice 'grinding death punk' band from Philadelphia formed in 2012 by myself and Cape of Bats mastermind, Francis O'Kane, but now consisting of myself, bassist Dylan Zdanavage, guitarist Zak Carter, and drummer Pierson Roe.  We take the best elements from grind, crust & death metal, chew it up and spit it right back in your stupid faces. We support monster movies and dead things.

2.So far the band has released a demo and an ep, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on both of the recordings and also how do they differ from each other?
The 2012 demo is way more straight foreward, yet very simple, Repulsion worship with elements of Obituary and Slayer hidden inside. Still Rotting is much more complex and is rich in genre influence. Still Rotting has bits and peices of bands like Carnivore, Discharge & Autsopy sewn together to make a Frankentein's monster of an EP. While both great and sales worthy, the two are very different because the first demo was going to be released and that was it. The band was going to cease to exist... but naturally we just couldn't help oursleves and decided to keep at it. As most human beings do as we grew older our pallets grew as well. That is why you see much more variety and deversity in our music on the Still Rotting EP. (Which will b available through Tridroid Records come October 7th. [Though you can pre-order now!])

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?
In the past it's mostly been a little cliche. We're just another death metal band who sings about zombies and exploding heads, and creepy crawlies (but never a date to the formal). I think as time rolls on and as our well of lyrical concepts dries up I think we'll be focusing more on zombies, exploding heads and creepy crawlies.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Castle Freak'?
Frank opened his mouth and out in came. The movie has nothing to do with it.

5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over  the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?
We shared the stage back in late August with some of Philadelphia's finest in Slutlust & Incisor to open for Michigan's Wastelander. It was our drummer Pierson's 21st so we took the liberty of getting pretty drunk and rowdy well before we played. I feel like I hit somebody with a folding chair but I can't remember. There's just something magical about kicking your friends in the face from a stage while trying to maintain your balance.

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
We have a show in Baltimore @ The Metro Gallery with Ilsa, Horrendous, Cemetery Piss & Bestial Evil on October 18th. That's all we have to announce at this time. As far as a tour it's something we'd definitely like to in the not so distant future.

7.According to the fb page the band is signed to Tridroid Records, do you feel this label has been a lot of help for getting the bands music out there heard?
The guys from Tridroid are all really good dudes, and for a young label they seem to be doing a pretty good job.  Obviously they're still a young label so they're still ironing out the kinks but they definitely have potential.  One good thing we can say about Tridroid, however, is through them we met our pal, Curt from Dewar PR, who's been helping us with getting our stuff out there. Sending it to cool places like Decibel & nocleansinging.com.  He's been a huge help and is an awesome guy to work with.

8.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of death metal, grindcore and punk?
As far as I can tell it's been generally positive, which is very cool. What's even cooler I think is that no one of punk, death metal or grindcore really likes it anymore than the other, it's got equal appretation on all fronts, which is what my goal was. Mass appeal madness with good intentions I guess.

9.What is going on with some of the other musical projects these days that some of the band members are involved with?
Our bassist Dylan currently plays in the bands Slutlust, Cape ov Bats and Krieg, and our drummer Pierson currently plays in the psych rock band Village.

10.When can we expect a full length album and also where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
We've been talking about a full length for a while but it's all just talk right now so I can't accurately give any time frame for that. I'd like to think we'll start working on it as early as mid-2015 but you never know. Our musical style will not be changing drastically anytime soon. I think we've got something good it's just a matter of shaping our mold.

11.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
We're very big on Repulsion & Carnivore, OSDM, Grind and D-Beat. I've been listening to a lot of Philadelphia's 'Coffin Dust' & Portland's 'Splatterhouse' lately (who are both absolutely incredible.)

12.What are some of your non musical interests?
I'm an avid fan of pro-wrestling, which I feel like people might smirk at a little bit. I feel like most guys who are into death metal would be into Japanese hardcore wrestling. Nothing screams death and pain like a pirahna death match...

13.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
Yeah, Chris Kennedy from Philadelphia's Occult 45, I'm gonna knock you silly with a folding chair the next time we play a set together, buddy. You're gonna be seeing stars.

Order Of Chaos Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording  and release of the new album?

Since recording and releasing Deadweight Undertow we have been busy playing shows to promote it in our hometown of Melbourne, including a well received album launch. On top of that we have been doing a lot of radio interviews and press, as well as booking gigs in other capital cities and rural towns of Australia which will takes on through to March of next year. Writing a lot of new material also !

2.During the beginning of the year you had released a new album, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording and also how does it differ from the stuff the band has released in the past?

The sound is another chapter in our ongoing story as a band, it follows on from the Death Metal with Hardcore of Eyehate Swansongs. This time we found a new undercurrent or spirit of punk running through some of the tracks and also some older death metal and thrash influence from earlier in our career too.  A mixed bag of styles falling in sync with each other and played with passion !

3.The band originally played melodic death metal in the beginning, what was the decision behind going into your current musical direction?

Around 2000 was when we felt like we had pushed the envelope as far as we could go within Melodic Death metal, to be honest we were never worried about losing face with people by changing styles, it was a necessary step for us to continue being excited to play together and the idea was to strip it right back to “ Less is more “ and see what we could do with it.

4.The band was broken up for 5 years and then reformed, what was the decision behind the split and also the decision to reform?

We split in 2002 for a few reasons, one of our members was committed to a lot of work with a bigger band, and in hindsight it was the right time to have a break from each other and explore other ideas.
A rehearsal tape with an albums worth of songs was left in the wake, I dubbed it “Eyehate swansongs” and periodically I would listen to it and think what a waste !!
Five years on in 2007 I heard it again and asked the boys to get together and record these songs properly, for posterity and to finish the recorded legacy of the band. Everyone agreed and we went to rehearse, after the rehearsal we all looked at each other and said ‘ Lets do the band again ‘.

5.This was the first album to be released in 5 years, can you tell us a little bit more about what was going on during that time frame?

In the five years in between “ Eyehate” and “Deadweight”
We played sporadic shows in amongst our other projects and life events,
I got married and had a son for example.


6.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the newer music?

There is a broad range of topics on the new album, anything from racism ( Fail me not ) religion ( Shadow saviours ) through to the human condition and our inner struggles ( Dead on Arrival, Losing limbs, Primrose path) and even a song on the trends of extreme metal ( No passion to the grind )


7.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Order Of Chaos'?

That’s a hard one ! I came up with the name in 95’ so I’m sure the initial inspiration is lost on me now and has matured as we have. When I think of the name nowadays it represents to my mind a striving to find the balance of seemingly opposing forces… an interconnectedness of extremes so to speak !!

8.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?

We have been really lucky to play some great shows over the years, a few spring to mind… In 99 we played a long running Australian festival ‘ Metal for the brain ‘… Another show from 2001 with Blood duster and Mindsnare was amazing… And the last year or so has been really great gig wise too, as has any chance we get to perform really.

Our stage performance is based on the music and playing, were not a big visual type of band… what we do with our set is to try and craft it like it was a killer album and often we link in songs together and try to play without many breaks, just keep the momentum going and use all the different tempo of tracks to make it dynamic but still extremely heavy throughout.

9.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?

We will be touring parts of Australia when we can in the next 6 months or so.

10.On the new album you did a version of Black Flag's "My War", what was the decision behind during your own version of this song?

I got the idea to cover the song as I thought it would sit well with the other songs on Deadweight, bringing an extreme metal edge to a punk song, the opposite of bringing a punk edge to the metal with the other tracks.

11.Currently you are unsigned, are you looking for a label or have received any interest?

We are currently getting online Distro through Third verse Records for this new album and I think we will continue to work with them on future things too. If something else label wise comes up we are always open but either way we will get the music out there.

12.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of death metal and hardcore?

If the downloading sites are anything to go by then the Europeans and Russians seem to be loving it !!
Which is a great thing, we want people to hear this new album.
There seems to be a good vibe and greater presence overseas this time around I think there is more hardcore and metal people getting into it nowadays.

13.Are any of the band members involved with any other musical projects these days?

I also have a one man Doom/ Death/ Sludge / Ambient recording project called Subterranean Disposition.
Mat Rizzo our drummer also plays in Australian legends Blood Duster.

14.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

The new songs we have demoed so far are moving simultaneously in all of the directions we have explored,
Some melodic metallic d- beat stuff with more traditional
Death metal passages and some real strong thrash elements too. Time will tell how it comes together though, it is still real fresh to our ears.

15.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

For the three of us a lot of our influence came from late 80’s thrash, early 90’s death metal. Bands like Slayer,Anthrax, Death, Carcass, At the gates…

Personally nowadays I enjoy a lot of different heavy stuff
From Converge and Baptists to Neurosis, Cult of Luna, Clutch, alongside a lot of non metal music.



16.What are some of your non musical interests?
I have been a Skateboarder now for 25 years. I also love reading and taking photos.

17.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

Thank you very much for the opportunity .
Check out Order of Chaos here:

www.orderofchaos.bandcamp.com

www.facebook.com/OrderofChaosAustralia

http://orderofchaosaustralia.weebly.com

Piss Vortex/Self Titled/Indisciplinarian/2014 CD Review

  Piss  Vortex  are  a  band  from  Denmark  that  plays  a  mixture  of  grind,  death  metal,  noise  rock  and hardcore  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  titled  2014  album  which  will  be  released  in  November  by  Indisciplinarian.

  A  very  heavy  and  powerful  sounding  noise  rock  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  all  of  the  musical  instruments  having  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  on  the  second  track  the  music  starts  going  for  more  of  a  fast  and  brutal  grindcore  direction  along  with  some  blast  beats  and  high  pitched  screams  as  will  as  a  small  amount  of  melody  being  added  into  certain  sections  of  the  recording.

  There  is  a  good  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  present  throughout  the  recording  and  the  band  also  mixes  the  noise  rock  elements  with  the  brutal  grindcore  sound  as  well  as  bringing  in  a  heavy  influence  of  the  mid  90's  to  early  2000's  hardcore  and  metalcore  genres  which  also  leads  to  the  band  adding  in  death  metal  growls  and  at  times  and  all  of  the  tracks  are  very  short  in  length  with  the  longest  one  being  a  little  over  2  minutes  while  the  last  track  is  5  minutes  and  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  are  all  absent  from  the  recording  with  the  music  focusing  more  on  a  raw  and  heavy  musical  style.

  Piss  Vortex  takes  a  very  aggressive  style  of  grindcore  and  mixes  it  in  with  elements  of   death metal,  noise  rock,  hardcore  and  metalcore  to  create  the  sound  that  is  present  on  this  recording,  the production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  violent  and  hateful  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Piss  Vortex  are  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of    grind,  death  metal,  noise  rock  and hardcore  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Voice  of  the  Worthless"  "Altered  State"  "Of  body,  Waste  And  Desire"  and  "Those  Who  Labor".  8  out  of  10.