Meth Leppard/Bloody Scythe Records/2015 Demo Review

 Meth  Leppard  are  a  band  from  Australia  that  plays  an  old  school  mixture  of  crust  and  grind  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  demo  which  was  released  by  Bloody  Scythe  Records.

  Spoken  word  samples  start  off  the  demo  before  going  into  a  very  brutal  grindcore  direction  along  with  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  as  well  as  adding  in  crust  style  growls  and  high  pitched  screams  and  the  music  also  brings  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  as  well  as  beign  mostly  rooted  in  the  mid  80's  and  90's.

  All  of  the  songs  are  very  short  in  length  and  also  bring  in  melodies  at  times  while  also  avoiding  using  any  solos  or  leads  and  the  whole  demo  remains  true  to  a  very  heavy  musical  direction  and  also  closes  with  a  cover  of  Napalm  Death's  "Siege  Of  Power".

 Meth  Leppard  plays  a  musical  style  that  takes  the  old  school  styles  of  grindcore,  crust  and  power  violence  and  mixes  them  together  to  create  a  very  heavy  sounding  demo,  the  production  sounds  very  powerful  while  the  lyrics  cover  real  life  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Meth  Leppard  are  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  crust  and  grindcore  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Five  Course  Dumpster  Dive"  and  "Chop".  8  out  of  10.

  

 

Cranula/Human Savage/2015 EP Review

 Cranula  are  a  band  from  Brazil  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  and  plays  an  a  mixture  of  death  metal,  grindcore  and  crust  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2015 ep  "Human  Savage".

  Experimental  sounds  start  off  the  ep  and  a  few  seconds  later  the  music  starts  to  get  heavier  and  also  brings  in  death  metal  growls  as  well  as  speeding  up  and  adding  in  blast  beats  and  melodies which  also  gives  the  music  more  of  a  grindcore  feeling  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts.

  Elements  of  crust  can  be  heard  quite  a  bit  throughout  the  recording  and  when  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  bringing  an  early  90's  style  of  deathgrind  to  the  songs  they  are  utilized  on  and  some  of  the  riffs  also  add  a  touch  of  thrash  to  the recording  and  all  of  the  songs  remain  true   to  a  heavy  musical  style  and  the  last  track  closes  with  ritualistic  chanting.

  Cranula  this  time  around  adds  in  more  death  metal  elements  while   still  keeping  around  their  mixture  of  grind  and  crust  from  previous  releases,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  for  being  a  self  released recording  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  violent  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Cranula  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  crust,  grindcore and  death metal,  you  should  check  out  this  ep.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Carjacking"  and  "Poison".  8  out  of  10. 

Herida Profunda Interview

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?
we started on 2012. had some line up problem / changes but finally we are 4 piece - all vegan / vegetarian: me (Edi on vocal) Jedras on guitar, Rafi on drums and Gavlish on bass.
all of us was or still are involved in other bands: Apatia, Sophie Scholl, Bunder Nekromunda ... we have released 1st album in 2013 on CD/LP and various tape runs. right now our 2nd release is in pressing plant.

2.How would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recordings?
what i always wanted to avoid is to play just one specified music style. i think all of us in a band have a same feeling. we listed to different stuff and we have lot of different ideas. i'm not sure but based on reviews we're getting i think we have achieved it somehow. some people says we play grindcore, some crust and some other that we play hardcore or metal. so its still heavy and they way we like it but not monotonously (i hope hehehe). we don't care about how someone calls it as long as we enjoy playing it.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?
i think most of the lyrics are just reflection of what happened or is happening in our lives, in our thoughts. some of them are anti fascist, some of them are pro animal cause those movements are very important to us. and some are just filled with negative thoughts that i just wanted to get rid from myself. i sing in polish language but there is a translation on our bandcamp so you can check it :)

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Herida Profunda'?
its very hard to avoid loadwords from Vitamin X song hehe but i think its something more. this name (Herida Profunda = Deep Wound in Spanish) is a good reflect to our band: fast, deep cut that leaves irreversible damages hehehehe. I wish this applies to both: musical and lyrical layer.

5.What are some of the best shows that the band s payed so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?
its hard to tell which gig was best one. we love to play shows and every show is different and special in some kind. we've played in few "strange" or unusual places like old tank factory in a middle of forest of squatted public toilet and that was great experience, but we also love to play in small clubs on diy shows where there is no stage and you are very close to people. we try to keep our gigs as intense as possible, shorts songs, short brakes and short set so it's not boring for receiver and also leaves some kind of deficiency, hunger for more :)

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
i have moved to uk and rest of a band still lives in poland so we don't play as often as we used to. right now we're waiting for new release: picture disc split with Hellbastard and we will play together in September in Poznan / Poland on Rozbrat Squat. it will be 2-days, anniversary festival done every year there. this year it will be 21 years of this amazing place - its the oldest squat in Poland. this show will be also our release party.
then we will have a short brake with shows due to private issues of our drummer. we plan to appear in few festivals and play 1 or 2 tours in 2016.

7.Can you tell us a little bit more about the labels that have helped you release your music?
I run small DIY label called 783 Landsberg Hardcore Crew just for HxP needs. We have released CD version of our first album. LP version was released by 8 labels. we had some problems due to working with very irresponsible guy who runs No Sanctuary Records but after all all labels got their copies and was happy. there is a various limited runs of tape version of this material all over the world. we try to get limited tape release wherever possible.
Split with Hellbastard is also DIY cooperation between 14 labels.

8.You have a split coming out with Hellbastard, how did you get contact with this legendary band?
i just asked if they want to release split with us :) ...Originally it supposed to be split with Besthoven. we have talked with Fafao about this long time ago but finally it didnt work out and that was a reason of huge delay with releasing this material. we needed to find a split partner cause we already had our songs recorded and labels ware confirmed. i wrote to several bands that i know or just like. Malcolm from Hellbastard sayd "why not".
All labels was very happy about new split partner and now picture discs are in pressing plant :)

9.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of crust and grind?
I think it's ok. There is lot of people in Asia that like our facebook profile heheheh.

10.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
We are, always been and will be DIY band. We have plans for UK tour in 2016, we will play few nice festivals. Split with Hellbastard will be out soon so we will focus on sending this everywhere and promote it. We dont know what future brings, but as long what we do makes us happy we will carry on.

11.What are some of the bands or musical styes that have had an influence on your music d also what are you listening to nowadays?
There's lot of bands that we listen. When i was young i listen to metal music only, same as Jedrek (guitarist) and I think in new songs You can hear some Slayer style riffs. I personally listen to lot of different styles of music. I'm big fan of Nick Cave for example :) currently i have Weekend Nachos and The Afternoon Gentlemen and new Doom album in my player non stop.

12.What are some of your non musical interests?
I'm involved in antifascist immigrants group in UK called Dywizjon 161!. Jedrek lives on Rozbrat Squat in Poznan and runs recording studio and print screen workshop there. Gavlish is involved in new left wing organization in Zielona Gora /PL. I love to travel so when I'm not traveling with band, i try to travel as much as possible with my fiancée.

13.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any have any final words or thoughts?
Thanks for interview. Check out our bandcamp for free streaming / download of our 1st LP and some songs from next release and facebook for news and showdates.






www.HeridaProfunda.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/HeridaProfunda
www.twitter.com/heridaXprofunda
www.instagram.com/HeridaProfunda
www.reverbnation.com/HeridaProfunda

Blood/Christbait/Vic Records/2015CD Re-Issue Review

  Blood  are  a  band  from  Germany  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this zine  and  has  been  around  for  almost  30  years  and  plays  a  mixture  of  death  metal,  grind  and  noisecore  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  1992 album  "Christbait"  which  will  be  re-issued  in  September  by  Vic  Records.

  Drum  beats  and  a  heavy  guitar  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  morbid  sounding  melodies  and  on  the  second  track  the  music  starts  going  for  more  of  a  fast  grindcore direction  along  with  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  and  death  metal  growls  and  the  songs  also bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts.

  Elements  of  crust  and  noisecore  can  be  heard  quite  a  bit  throughout  the  recording  and  this  album  is  probably the  most  death  metal  influenced  stuff  I  have  heard  from  the  band  and  as  the  album  progresses  a  brief  use  of  guitar  solos  and  leads  can  be  heard  and  all of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  With  this  recording  Blood  still  remained  true  to  their  noise  and  grindcore  roots  but  also  focused  more  on  the  death  metal  side  of t heir  musical style  on  this  album,  the  production  sound s very  professional  for  the  era  it  was recorded  while  the  lyrics  cover  anti  political  and  society  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  was  another  great  sounding  recording  from Blood  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  death  metal  and  grindcore,  you  should  check  out  this  re-issue.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "And  No  One  Cries"  "Damnation"  "Self  Immolation"  and  "Down  To  The  Swamp".  8  out  of  10.

Kriegszittern/Demo/Caligari Records/2015 Cassette Review

  Kriegszitten  are a  band  from  Germany  that  plays  a  mixture  of  crust  and death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  demo  which  was  released  on  cassette  by  Caligari  Records.

  A   very  distorted  reverb  sound starts  off  the  ep  before  getting  more  heavy  and adding in  melodies  and  high  pitched screams  which  leads  up  to  more of  a  death  metal  direction  along  with  some  growls  and  when  the  music  speeds  up  a  great  amount of  blast beats  are  utilized  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Elements  of  crust  and  d  beat  can  be  heard  quite  a  bit  throughout  the  recording  and  the  songs  are  very  heavily  rooted  in  the  early  90's  style  of  death  metal  but  done  in  more  of  a  raw  fashion  and as  the  ep  progresses  solos  and  leads  are  brought  in  briefly  along  with  soem  of  the  faster  sections  also  bringing  in  elements  of grind.

  Kriegszitten  plays  a  style  of  death  metal  that  is  very  old  school  and   mixes  it  in  with  the  raw  energy  of  crust  punk  to  create  a  sound of  their  own,  the  production  sounds  very  raw  and  old  school  while the  lyrics  cover  war,  death,  loss  and  sacrifice  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Kriegszitten  are  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  crust  and  death  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those musical  genres,   you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Terminal  War"  and  "Empty  Eyes".  8  out  of  10.

Cancer Clan/Self Titled/7Degrees Records/2015 LP Review

  Cancer  Clan  are  a  band  from  Germany  that  plays a  mixture  of  grind,  thrash  and  punk  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  titled 2015  album  which  was  released  on  7  Degrees  Records.

  A  very  heavy  thrash  influenced  sound  starts  off  the  album  and  after  the  intro  the  music  starts  getting  more  fast  and  melodic  along  with some  blast  beats  and  crust  style  growls  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very powerful  sound  to  them the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts.

 All  of  the  songs  are  very  short  in  length  with the  longest  being  only  2  and  a  half  minutes  and  some  of  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  high  pitched  screams  and  when  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  bring  in  more  of  an  old  school  extreme  metal  sound  to  the  album  and  you  can  also  hear  a  lot  of  punk  and  hardcore  influences  in  the  bands  musical  style  and  one  of  the  tracks  also  brings  in  a  brief  use  of  acoustic  guitars before  returning  back  to  a  heavier  direction..

  Cancer  Clan  plays  a  musical  style  that  takes  80's  style  hardcore  and  thrash and  mixes it  in  with  elements  of  crust and grind  to  create  a  sound  of their  own,  the  production  sound s very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  violent  and  hateful  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Cancer  Clan  are  a  very  great  sounding  mixture of  thrash,  hardcore  and  grind  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Man  The  Guns"  "Shit  Your  Carcass"  "Harakiri  Supreme"  and  "last  orders".  8  out  of  10. 

Noisebazooka Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?

Well, at the moment we are recording new songs for our upcoming full length album “salmir”. Beside of this we are organizing a split with canadian mince-grinders ARCHAGATHUS, which will probaby be released around November 2015. The six songs for this split are already recorded, the layout and artwork finished, so we are just waiting for the songs from split-partner. Then, this split also available at EveryDayHate.



2.How would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recordings?

NOISEBAZOOKA stands for an aggressive, fast and weird style of sound. In general it’s a mix of old school grindcore and electronic sound.



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

Since NOISEBAZOOKA was found in late 2005, the topics and subjects the band explores, are all deeply rooted in philosophy, individual misunderstanding, cognition, perception, popular culture, dystopia, and theories.



4.the band formed out of the ashes of 'Monolith', what was the decision behind the break up of that band and starting this one?

MONOLITH, a vienna based jazz-oriented grindcore band, was formed around 1996 and the performed a lot of gigs in Austria and central Europe. Nevertheless, in 2005 they decided to quit. Afterwards, Almir, the guitarist of MONOLITH, formed together with Salmi (vocalist) and Martin (drum-technics) the short-lived project RHIZOMNIA (only the song “retriprocity” off NOISEBAZOOKA’s album “woolgathering urban antipodeans” [2008]). After the break-up of RHIZOMNIA, Almir and Salmi formed NOISEBAZOOKA in November 2005.



5.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Noisebazooka'?

It was mainly Almirs idea to use the term NOISEBAZOOKA, because it fits to our idea of creating NOISEBAZOOKA-music.



6.Currently there are only 2 members in the band, are you planning on expanding the line up in the future or do you chose to remain a duo?

We are not planning to expand the current line-up (Almir: guitars/drumtechnics/bass, Salmi: vocals/lyrics), but we get technical support from other musicians, especially Martin (ex-RHIZOMNIA, ex-NECROGRIND [Austria]) and Kimon (ex-MONOLITH).



7.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?

NOISEBAZOOKA stands for a shredding and blistering guitar, non-pitchshifted vocals and screams, and insane fast drumcomputer-blasts. NOISEBAZOOKA constructs harsh, cold and ultra "destructured" atmospheres that turn your brain into pieces. NOISEBAZOOKA's live performances remind someone of hyperactive and insane breakdowns. NOISEBAZOOKA sets definitely free the essential energy of grindcore.



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

Due to our families and jobs, touring won’t be possible, but we prefer shows as supporting act in small venues in Vienna (Austria), Brno (Czech Republic) and Bratislava (Slovakia).



9.Recently you where a part of a split with 'Horsebastard', what are your thoughts on the other band that had participated on the recording?

For me, Salmi, HORSEBASTARD is one main inspiration for our music. I discovered their music by chance at youtube, I was fascinated and so I contacted HORSEBASTARD to do this split.



10.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of grindcore?

We got, so far, mixed reviews. Nobody dares to say NOISEBAZOOKA is simply ok, some hate our sound and/or style others love our sound/style.



11.When can we expect another full length and also where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

In the end of 2015 one can expect our 3rd full length album called “salmir” with more than 40 songs. Then, available at EveryDayHate.



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

Our basic influence has not changed since the founding of NOISEBAZOOKA in late 2005: AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED, BRUTAL TRUTH, old NAPALM DEATH, DISCORDANCE AXIS and YACØPSÆ.



13.What are some of your non musical interests?

We, both members of NOISEBAZOOKA, share the common interests: reading books, science, weird science fiction movies, and family.



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

Grindcore is art! Thanks to Andy/EveryDayHate and to all fans of NOISEBAZOOKA.

My playlist at the moment: G.O.D. – body horror, PLUTOCRACY – dankstahz, ARCHAGATHUS – dehumanizer, TERRORIZER – world downfall, MODORRA – solar anus.