HAEMOPHAGUS/AGATHOCLES split 7"
Sicily is fuckin' burning!!! I dunno what's happening in that southern italian region but there must be something sick in the air, cause we're looking at a new incredible rise of good thrashin' bands like LxExAxRxNx, SHOCK TROOPERS, F.U.G...and a wild bunch more!
This time we speak of HAEMOPHAGUS, a 3 men band playing raging old school death metal with hints of grindcore. Everything is perfect from the sound to the logo to the grunts, i think a band like this should be known anywhere! They have three tunes on this lil' platter sounding a lot like your favorite stuff from early 90's (think something between Carcass, Morbid Angel and the likes). I am fuckin' angry because i set up a show in the past for them, they played last edition of the FASTFEST but i was not there because i had to spend the entire afternoon/night at the hospital with Suppu from AortaAorta - finnish punk band - who had his stomach fucked up. Can you believe it? You set up a festival and you're not going to see it!!!
Anyway, AGATHOCLES on the flipside are the usual cup of tea: mincecore, some crust and very punk sounding, at this time i've no more adjectives that could describe what they play. If you're reading a webzine called THRASHMANIAC i think for sure you know who these guys are, if you are not please go to Wikipedia and read at the voice "MINCECORE"...you'll understand better.
Maybe they should start putting some difference influnces like tarantella or samba or bossa nova so their music could become a lil' more exciting...anyway buy this at least for the Haemophagus side, it'll be worth your money!!!
(6 labels cooproduction, write to HAEMOPHAGUS label IGNORANT WORM records www.myspace.com/ignorantwormrecords)
BANxTHIS! "how to destroy a sleep quiet" cdr (soon 7")
BOLOGNA is rising again!
I was not expecting this record from the 4 regaz in rock, since their previous effort (the selftitled Lp on Agipunk/Stresstodeath records) was more rockish in a black flag way, adding some rock elements to a very personal formula of speedy hc/punk.
They still have some slower moments but the speed and the energy is all here again!!!
I can't wait to have the real vynil in my hands, because actually i only have a cd-r their singer Fuller gave me. This bands know how to rock, and for good comparisons take some old school california hardcore, guitar licks, some surf vibes, and a lot of speedy hc punk.
Snotty vocals with raging lyrics complete the picture, and i'm so fuckin proud that italy has a band like that! 4 original songs and an SSD cover ("boiling point") on this platter, and the record starts with a sample telling us "ARE YOU READY TO BE FUCKED MAN?"
Sure i am!
Members of this group also plays in ED, SMARTCOPS , REGAIN THE SHORE and a zillion more bands, and they are very active in their hometown, Bologna.
write them NOW and order your copy!!!
(http://www.myspace.com/banxthis)
INSECT WARFARE/FLAGITIOUS IDIOSYNCRASY IN THE DILAPIDATION split 7" (enclosed in SHORT, FAST & LOUD fanzine issue 19)
Holy fuckin god, GRINDCORE. Once you fall into his trap, you cannot come back anymore and you're trapped for life. I am a huge fan of INSECT WARFARE, a texan grindcore band whose members used to play in MACHINE GUN ROMANTICS and maybe another 5 or 6 bands. Actually it semms that the band broke up, so this is (i think) their final effort. What i like more of a band like IxWx is the no frills grindcore sound and attitude they have: no techgrind, no keyboards, no useless porngore imagery, no bullshit at all. Completely old school grindcore played 1000 mph with heavy breakdowns very punkish at times. I can't make comparisons because this is sooo goood! on this small record they play 6 tunes, 5 originals and a 324 cover (it's a rad japanese band). On the flipside we have FxIxDx, and what can i say about japanese bands tha has not been revealed before? Japanese are mad, cmpletely mad! They play ultracore/grindcore with some thrash influences, especially in the breakdowns. Uh, i was going to forget that this is an all female band...but hearing the vocals you couldn't believe it!!! 3 songs crushing your ears in the oldschool way.
As usual, another winner from Six Weeks records.
(www.sixweeksrecords.com)
NEW REVIEWS!!!
SO GUYS, AFTER SOME HIATUS AND AFTER I DISCOVERED THAT MYSPACE CUTTED OFF ALL MY EARLY REVIEWS, LET'S START AGAIN WITH SOME MORE NOISE!!!
HAEMOPHAGUS/AGATHOCLES split 7"
Sicily is fuckin' burning!!! I dunno what's happening in that southern italian region but there must be something sick in the air, cause we're looking at a new incredible rise of good thrashin' bands like LxExAxRxNx, SHOCK TROOPERS, F.U.G...and a wild bunch more!
This time we speak of HAEMOPHAGUS, a 3 men band playing raging old school death metal with hints of grindcore. Everything is perfect from the sound to the logo to the grunts, i think a band like this should be known anywhere! They have three tunes on this lil' platter sounding a lot like your favorite stuff from early 90's (think something between Carcass, Morbid Angel and the likes). I am fuckin' angry because i set up a show in the past for them, they played last edition of the FASTFEST but i was not there because i had to spend the entire afternoon/night at the hospital with Suppu from AortaAorta - finnish punk band - who had his stomach fucked up. Can you believe it? You set up a festival and you're not going to see it!!!
Anyway, AGATHOCLES on the flipside are the usual cup of tea: mincecore, some crust and very punk sounding, at this time i've no more adjectives that could describe what they play. If you're reading a webzine called THRASHMANIAC i think for sure you know who these guys are, if you are not please go to Wikipedia and read at the voice "MINCECORE"...you'll understand better.
Maybe they should start putting some difference influnces like tarantella or samba or bossa nova so their music could become a lil' more exciting...anyway buy this at least for the Haemophagus side, it'll be worth your money!!!
(6 labels cooproduction, write to HAEMOPHAGUS label IGNORANT WORM records www.myspace.com/ignorantwormrecords)
BANxTHIS! "how to destroy a sleep quiet" cdr (soon 7")
BOLOGNA is rising again!
I was not expecting this record from the 4 regaz in rock, since their previous effort (the selftitled Lp on Agipunk/Stresstodeath records) was more rockish in a black flag way, adding some rock elements to a very personal formula of speedy hc/punk.
They still have some slower moments but the speed and the energy is all here again!!!
I can't wait to have the real vynil in my hands, because actually i only have a cd-r their singer Fuller gave me. This bands know how to rock, and for good comparisons take some old school california hardcore, guitar licks, some surf vibes, and a lot of speedy hc punk.
Snotty vocals with raging lyrics complete the picture, and i'm so fuckin proud that italy has a band like that! 4 original songs and an SSD cover ("boiling point") on this platter, and the record starts with a sample telling us "ARE YOU READY TO BE FUCKED MAN?"
Sure i am!
Members of this group also plays in ED, SMARTCOPS , REGAIN THE SHORE and a zillion more bands, and they are very active in their hometown, Bologna.
write them NOW and order your copy!!!
(http://www.myspace.com/banxthis)
INSECT WARFARE/FLAGITIOUS IDIOSYNCRASY IN THE DILAPIDATION split 7" (enclosed in SHORT, FAST & LOUD fanzine issue 19)
Holy fuckin god, GRINDCORE. Once you fall into his trap, you cannot come back anymore and you're trapped for life. I am a huge fan of INSECT WARFARE, a texan grindcore band whose members used to play in MACHINE GUN ROMANTICS and maybe another 5 or 6 bands. Actually it semms that the band broke up, so this is (i think) their final effort. What i like more of a band like IxWx is the no frills grindcore sound and attitude they have: no techgrind, no keyboards, no useless porngore imagery, no bullshit at all. Completely old school grindcore played 1000 mph with heavy breakdowns very punkish at times. I can't make comparisons because this is sooo goood! on this small record they play 6 tunes, 5 originals and a 324 cover (it's a rad japanese band). On the flipside we have FxIxDx, and what can i say about japanese bands tha has not been revealed before? Japanese are mad, cmpletely mad! They play ultracore/grindcore with some thrash influences, especially in the breakdowns. Uh, i was going to forget that this is an all female band...but hearing the vocals you couldn't believe it!!! 3 songs crushing your ears in the oldschool way.
As usual, another winner from Six Weeks records.
(www.sixweeksrecords.com)
INSECT WARFARE/CARCASS GRINDER split 7"
I can't finish a review of an Insect Warfare record that i find myself listening, enjoying and writing about another one!!! This time they split with another japanese band, the old time playing Carcass Grinder. I'm quite sure the first song on the IxWx side is the same on their lp "World Extermination", and it's a painin the ass. A manic whirlwind tornado of balstbeats with some breaks here and there, totally old school grindcore but with a foot in the "new age"...you know what i mean? No? Ok, not even i know what i am talkin' about so, take it as it comes.
The last song on this ep is FALSE GRIND ALIENATION which is a typical 2 seconds songs in early Napalm death tradition. Top A for them, as usual!
CARCASS GRINDER is another assault of earcrusching bonesaw massacre of grindcore/fastcore attack, lots of people screaming and some moshing/circlepitting tempos here and there. My copy is blue vynil with black stains. YES!
(PSYCHOCONTROL RECORDS -www.psychocontrol.com)
HUMAN MESS "s/t" 7" (aka UNCAGED ANIMAL 7")
I got this record when LOSER LIFE played in Dauntaun some weeks ago. If you don't know who Loser Life are, they are a fuckin good hardcore punk band fro the usa, and they have a tape out now on SHITCHRIST LOST TAPES RECORDINGS (www.myspace.com/shitchrist). Anyway, that night i was not so drunk so i can remember one of their members giving me this small one, and it fuckin amazes me because it's old school punk rock with a hardcore feel all over it; songs are short and straight to the point. This is the typical pre-hardcore stuff that makes me mad and you can enjoy it while drinking gallons of beer on your couch.
It's so old school that it even has the big hole in it's center! (remember when small record players where still hip and you could take your Village People seven inches on the beach with you? ok, that's it). 5 songs that remind me of some Necros stuff, very energic punk rock with a fuck you attitude (hey, with a bandname like that...). Very good, indeed!
(www.myspace.com/humanmess)
BARE BONES "refreshing old skull" demo 2008
sometimes, as already mentioned before, myspace works. This bands contacted me long time ago for a review of their new demo. So finally here i am at it, and sorry dudes if i've spent too much time before doing that!
This band is from poland and i can easily say THEY ROCK.
Old skull (eheh) thrash/death metal, a lot of double bass pedal carpeting and good riffs, sometimes they remind me of some mid era Kreator stuff (especially in the slower parts) and some band from the early floridian death metal scene...and even some Death mid period. This doesn't mean at all they have no personality, but influences are always something totally positive if well used. The only small complaint is about the muddy recording, but i'm the first to know that it's expensive to record in the proper manner, especially if you play intricated death metal. 5 songs including an Intro and an Outro, you can download the entire demo on their myspace page, go for it death maniacs!!!
(http://www.myspace.com/barebonespl)
SWEDISH DEATH METAL (book by Daniel Ekeroth)
And finally i got it!
If you wanna read a "who's who and did what when and why" of the swedish death metal scene from it's dawn, this book is the answers to all your whining questions!!! A little less than 500 pages for a monolithic release, tons of funny stories, anedoctes, pictures, a very exhaustive discography with hundreds of bands listed, flyers, and what else?
Daniel Ekeroth is a guy who lived it all in person; he actually plays in Insision and in the past he was playing in bands like Dellamorte and Diskonto. His attempt to mantain an objective vision of the entire story succeded completely, his work is precise and accurate and obviously a good help has come from the old time scenester putting their fading memories on paper. It's crazy thinking that the now bald and huge belly ENTOMBED used to play hardcore punk in the early days (with different band names, obviously) and what amazes me more is really the fact that a lot of death metal culture has it's roots in the diy hardcore punk scene. Daniel Ekeroth is working with TAMARA PRESS, he is also the author of two more books ("Violent Italy" and "Swedish Exploitation Cinema" - both of them dealing with is passion for b-movies) and i recommend you to contact him to get your own copy!
simply amazing!
(www.myspace.com/tamarapress)
ANDROPHAGUS/TOXIC REVOLUTION split cd
I got a friend who plays drums; i wanna call him a friend even if i've meet it just three times in my entire life. His name is Jan and he plays drums in many bands. The first time i saw him playing live we share the stage in Firenze; i was playing drums with my old band THRASH BRIGADE (a reunion show because FINALLY our split Lp with BURST UP had been just released) and the show was TxBx, VITAMIN X, TURN BACK TIME (firenze thrashers) and his band, the amazing NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. After our bands played we started blow jobbin' each other telling things "you're the best drummer ever seen" "dude how can you play soooo fast!" and stuff like that; subsequently, we also spend some more time talking about thrash bands and how this sick music is fullfilling our lives(and klilling our minds). 1 year later, some beers more, i've had the pleasure to play in a venue in Munster where he set up shows, i was touring with my band DBW! and our lovely sisters AGATHA and even if there was not much people (hey, even THE ITALIAN STALLION PLAYED...last time i could see them playing all together! sob!) i had another great time with him, crushing at his place and even if i was too much tired and drunk i manage to party a lil' bit with everybody...
So, why am i telling all this story? because that night he gave me this cd, since he plays in TOXIC REVOLUTION, and this band kicks asses like the other one!
3 guys, drums - guit vox and bassvox for a perfect ultracore/thrash manic assault. With titles like "burt reynolds mustache" or "party grind holocaust" just try to imagine what kind of noise they are playing...It's cool because it's not the usual fastcore stuff just played 1000 mph and that's it; you can feel some german insanity on each track (sometimes they remind me of some old german bands like Systral or Morser, especially in the breakdowns and in the use of the vocals). They are a crazy band and i hope to see them soon, somewhere, live. The other band sharing this 5" compact disc is ANDROPHAGUS (i think they should split some stuff with our deathmetal heroes HAEMOPHAGUS, don't you?) and they play relentless grind/death but veeeeeery grind and veeeeeery death with a lot of crusty/d-.beat tempos here and there. Their songs start with a gun shoot, and that's more or less the right sum of their sound. Cool, even they have that strange german feel described for TxRx. All in all a very good split, a solid release that will make all you noiselovers instantly happy!
enjoy!
(www.fda-rekotz.com)
