MACHETAZO (Spa): “Carne de Cementerio” Cd 1999 Razorback

RECENSORE: Unknown

VOTO: 8,00/10

DURATA: 48:06

Tracklist

1 - El Enjambre Asesino 
          2 - (Todos Somos) Alimento del los Cusanos 3 - La Cara mazada a Golpes 
          5 - Torso 6 - P.U.S. (Purulento Urologos Sarnoso) 7 - Suicide Fuck 8 
          - Obecede a Tu Demonio Interior 9 - Pùdrete 
          Como un Cerdo 10 - Masticasesos 
          11 - Los Ninos No Deberian Jugar con Cosas Muertas 12 - El Ataque de 
          King Chidorah 13 - Delusion of Terror 14 - Marutà (Carne de Cementerio) 
          15 - Los Cuentos del Munon Gangrenoso II

One astounding feat that MACHETAZO succeed to accomplish

is being able to create 13 songs (plus two covers from well known classics

such as SOB and ABSCESS) in the same CD, each with his own concrete,

palpable, neatly cut identity, from grind to almost doom laden tracks,

something that is rather hard to hear from any band this day, all the

while maintaining a core of definite personality and a perfectly distinguishable

identity. Something that maybe hasn’t happened ever since IMPETIGO disappeared

from the scene (although yeah, they seem to have been more active than

ever in the past few years, in a way). And well, resemblances to IMPETIGO

don’t stop here, as an heavy use of intros from B movies and horror

flicks and the flowing, pounding non-metal (that is not happy rides

and useless solos) tempos just have the same catchiness and feel. MACHETAZO

play that sort of old school Death metal which bands such as ROTTREVORE

or REPULSION were able to play because they had in my opinion a strong

background of good, genuine Hard Core and Punk which cleans off all

those unnerving typically metal riffs leaving an unadulterated pulp

of entrails and sawed splinters of bones which comes out really original

and really memorably fucking sick. All through the CD you get a fucking

varied portfolio of what this band can accomplish, with the main thread

of Spanish language used all through the songs and all within the CD

package as well: fast almost grinding accelerations, coarse Death Metal/Core

with a vaguely crusty swing which makes the whole gore and gut flow

free and extremely good for headbanging, convulse gargles and shrieking

screams. One thing that might have helped this fucking great band reach

such a sound might have been a constant change of approach to the music

from grind noise to obscure Death Metal in 4 full years of seven inches

and demotapes before a real deal. Must buy release. The cover artwork

is grotesque, somewhat cartoonish yet gory, I don’t know the painter

but his style reminds me of the violent comic Oink… it depicts something

like a caricature of an horrible walking, hulking jigsaw of flesh with

an hatchet in hand among an hedgepodge of massacred bodies (remind me

the song “Skullptures” by AUTOPSY, remember?).