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  • INTENSE HAMMER RAGE (Aus): “Avagoyamugs” Cd 2001 Razorback

    INTENSE HAMMER RAGE (Aus): “Avagoyamugs” Cd 2001 Razorback

    RECENSORE: Unknown

    VOTO: 9,00/10

    DURATA: 55:03

    Tracklist

    1 - Choking on a Chocolate Log 2 - My Fist, Her Face, Same Time, Same Place 3 - The Third of Five to Have Her Alive 4 - Homesick Abortion 5 - Premature Ejaculraper 6 - The Promise of Horror and Worse to Come 7 - I'd Rather Be Retarded 8 - Any Old Snuff Film Starring Your Kid as the Corpse 9 - Laugh at You You're Dying 10 - Meatatarian Cannibal 11 - The Corpse in Question Didn't Say No 12 - Babysitter 13 - Pre-Teen Sex Scene 14 - To Men Who Masturbate Over Dying Children 15 - The Art of Fucking Kids (Pedophile in Practice)
    Gargling Gore Grind with vulgar intensity that sound like a mix

    of SQUASH BOWELS and ANAL BIRTH, these perverts are back with

    another depraved attack of tight-as-your-father-asshole goregrind

    of the finest sort. The lyric titles are of the stupid, yet black

    humorous kind (see BIRDFLESH or BLOOD DUSTER as examples), all

    expectorated with disgusting efficiency. The guitar sounds are

    so bass-saturated that the speakers in my car emit a constant

    frying sound when the singers aren’t following the picking. There

    are constant stops in the sound which make the whole akimbo of

    kaleidoscopic massacre even more hard to swallow, but also let

    you understand that the sound is very crisp else the whole mess

    would be totally incomprehensible. I think if GORE BEYOND NECROPSY

    were born Aussies they would probably sound this way. To end the

    dissection the packaging features a totally sick artwork and a

    title which remind me the logo of EYEGOUGER (somebody remembers?),

    a complete mess of dark colors and monster heads, exposed innards

    and porno/grind images. Killer gore shit.

  • INSOMNIA (Pol) “Serendipity ” Cdr 2001 s/p [demo]

    INSOMNIA (Pol) “Serendipity ” Cdr 2001 s/p [demo]

    RECENSORE: Unknown

    VOTO: 6,00/10

    DURATA: 19:54

    Basically the music could be described as a collection of different

    worlds and styles, on the large part sounding like some version

    of German CREMATORY but by no means so damn cheezy, actually this

    band not only has musicians who have both talent and skill but

    actually recereate melodic atmoshpere without using female vocals

    and replacing the duties to a very particular instrument: trumpet

    and brasses in genral. While the use of keyboard is abundant,

    it’s not prevaricative nor it makes the music gross, on the contrary

    the guitars avolve often in complex, ear flowing solos, plunge

    into some orchestral crescendo and gets interrupted by a deliciously

    grotesque, softly chilling use of brass instrument. The main idea

    you get from hearing the band is that everything has a right place

    and is played the right way, the colors used for this music are

    dim yet elegant, and the strange instrument used just add that

    touch of surreality wich can only recall ATHEIST or masters such

    as PAN THY MONIUM. While basically not my cup of tea I have liked

    a good slice of their arrangements. yet again the AMORPHIS school

    really overstuffed my ears some years ago, hence one point less

    in the rating I have really this kind of music over my last hair..

  • INHUMATE (Fra): “Growth” Cd 2000 Grind Your Soul

    INHUMATE (Fra): “Growth” Cd 2000 Grind Your Soul

    RECENSORE: Unknown

    VOTO: 7,00/10

    DURATA:

    Third

    chapter in this heptalogy INHUMATE is weaving year after year.

    According to their plan the 6 CDs will narrate the 6 seasons of

    human life, from conception to rebirth and ascension to the infinite.

    Theoretically the project is rather interesting although I am

    really not much into many of the lyrics in the CD, such as “Grind

    God” or “Underground” which sound a bit like JUDAS

    PRIEST quoting on Death Metal/Grind Core (“I am a Rocker

    oh ohh?”). I think some lyrics are interesting but the

    ones which are too straight lose some fascination, almost look

    like ads on Metal Hammer. Musically the band is darn competent.

    Fast Death Metal with grinding acceleration, good boiling vocals,

    hundreds of tempo changes, different riffs, razor sharp drumming

    and vocal shifts. Songs are varied and yet tight and nit predictable.

    Good shit, over 50 minutes long and never sounding the same. Very

    metallic to be considered Grind, written with some brain which

    is absolutely not to underestimate. Fucking mature band.

  • IMPALED (USA/Ca): “The Dead Shall Dead Remain” Cd 2000 Death Vomit

    IMPALED (USA/Ca): “The Dead Shall Dead Remain” Cd 2000 Death Vomit

    RECENSORE: Unknown

    VOTO: 8,00/10

    DURATA:

    IMPALED is a relatively new name in the Death metal panorama although

    it already deservedly gained good renown due to a humorous bad

    taste and a demented dedication to horror (a kind of spirit which

    has something of HAEMORRAGE). That they recall EXHUMED is inarguable,

    and comprehensible as there is one of the founder of the band

    playing here as well, especially when you get caught in the flowing,

    gore soaked sound which blasts all through melodic, vaguely CARCASS-ish

    solos (and the swinging early CARCASS print is clear sometimes)

    and grunts. The production is excellent, and the whole packaging

    of among the highest level you get this day (due also to the Eyesore

    Graphics studio whose heart nests inside the band). They’re really

    not as filthy and tastefully chaotic as EXHUMED or SANITY’S DAWN

    to raise me to such levels of uncontrolled rapture, but they’re

    damn crazed nonetheless, a barrage of multiple vocals (again,

    one of them brings me the typical Steer roaring of the pre-Heartwork

    days), grinding accelerations, and sheer murder and horror based

    lyrics. Highest level stuff which will be remembered in the future.

  • HAEMORRAGE (Spa): “Scalpel, scissors… and other forensic instruments” Cd 2000 Copremesis

    RECENSORE: Unknown

    VOTO: 8,00/10

    DURATA: 35:21

    Tracklist

    1 - Decom-posers 2 - Fragments [anatomical relics[ 3 - Dissect, Exhume, 
            Devour... 4 - Torrentlike Eveneration 5 - Malignant Cancroid Formation 
            6 - Intravenous Molestation of Obstructionist Arteries [O-Pus II] 
            7 - Excavating the Iliac Fossa 8 - Uncontrollable Proliferation of 
            Neoplasm 9 - Recotovaginal Fistula 10 - Enshrouded in Putrilage 11 
            - Surgery for the Dead 12 - Slithering Maceration of Ulcerous facial 
            Tissue 13 - The Sickening Aroma of a Rectal Carcinoma 14 - Cirrohetic 
            Liver Distillation 15 - Worm-Infested Cavities 16 - Zu Atrapatu Arte 
            17 - Extreme Ulceration
    Originally released in 1996 by Ironia records as a tape,

    this is a recent reprint of that hard to find cassette with the

    addition of EP sides which were originally recorded as splits

    with INGROWING, GROINCHURN and DENAK, plus the first track ever

    recorded by the band 10 years ago (1991) and finally recorded

    in a decent way. HAEMORRAGE is still basically the one we know,

    rocking gore/death metal with that irresistible CARCASS/DEAD twist

    especially when it comes to vocals and lyrics… The first 7 tracks,

    the ones who were on the original tape, are very, very much hardcore/rock

    on the guitar side, if they were recorded with some less distortion,

    without the harmonized vocals, they could have been even easy

    listening… then it gets diseased in the classic German school,

    and the vocals adds the putrid stench to the whole. Tracks from

    8 to 16 have a definitely deeper, darker sound, and have been

    recorded in ’98, they include 2 covers from GENERAL SURGERY and

    a band called KORTATU (which I honestly don’t know, sounds like

    some sort of punk). Apart from the darker sound, the structure

    itself of the songs is definitely more eterogeneous, more varied,

    less moshing, more grinding… yet always sincerely HAEMORRAGE

    and their unique, old school touch. A band who never makes false steps.

  • HAEMORRAGE (Spa): “Loathesongs” Cd 2000 Morbid

    RECENSORE: Unknown

    VOTO: 7,00/10

    DURATA: 23:09

    Tracklist

    1 
                - Intro - Megaton (DEFECATION), 2 - Vestige of Earthly Remains 
                (DEFECATION), 3 - Pysosified (Rotten to the Gore) (CARCASS), 4 
                - Premature Autopsy (ENTOMBED), 5 - Disgorging Foetus (REGURGITATE), 
                6 - Oozing Molten Gristle, 7 - Dear Uncle Creepy... (IMPETIGO). 
                8 - Fascist Pig (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES), 9 - M.A.D. 
                (CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER), 10 - 
                Satanic masowhore (IMPALED NAZARENE), 11 - Doctor Doctor (UFO)
    This CD is more of a collection of cover than an actual

    full length release. HAEMORRAGE cover a large spectrum of genres

    and bands, all of which have helped build up their particular

    crude, basic yet very phlegmy style. From Crossover/Hard Core

    with CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER and SUICIDAL TENDENCIES; to Grindcore and

    Goregrind with REGURGITATE, CARCASS and DEFECATION to sheer Death

    Metal with ENTOMBED (old stuff of course) and even Hard Rock (UFO).

    While the songs originally were absolutely different, the HAEMORAGE

    factor succeds in giving the CD a meaning for the entire length,

    Lugubrious’s CARCASSish/IPETIGOish vocals suits tracks like “Pysosified”,

    “Disgorging Foetus” and “Dear Uncle Creepy”

    very fittingly, All the covers are so damn convincing you can

    easily identify which angle of the music has been ripped to construct

    thet hedgepodge of old school core/grind/death which is HAEMORRAGE

    today. While I am not incredibly fond of only-cover albums, especially

    from a single band, this CD makes me think twice. Actually one

    song, the sixth is an unreleased track from the very band, and

    it’s darn IMPETIGO in pattern and style, so there’s something

    thoroughly HAEMORRAGE as well to taste. On a personal note, I

    want to share that I myself grew up with THIS kind of music, while

    modern day fanzines make it seems as if in the 80’s everybody

    was ONLY listening to BATHORY, SODOM and EXODUS, I would like

    to show them the titles that were selected in this CD, there was

    a huge crossover between Hard Core and Death Metal in half/late

    80’s which was very blurred at the beginning, before the genres

    split up so neatly… those days might never be back but bands

    like HAEMORRAGE makes the nostalgy sweeter.

  • HUMANITY ECLIPSE (Ita): “Something is Really Hard” Cd 1999 s/p [demo]

    RECENSORE: Unknown

    VOTO: 6,40/10

    DURATA:

    Tracklist

    1 - Something is Really Hard 2 - Boulder War Machine 3 - Infanticide 4 - To Mince Human Meat
    x BLOODY VOMIT (an obscure (to me) Grind / Noise band),

    HUMANITY ECLIPSE play dextrous, skilled Death Metal with an excellent

    crisp production and a full bodied, tight sound. Although they

    sometimes remind me of CASTIGATE they have a somewhat different

    approach to the use of solos and usually encase the burst of grinding

    rage, when it should be released full force, in vaguely thrashing

    metalllic riffs which to my grinding ears sound a bit too mosh.

    I would not consider them American in sound but yet not perfectly

    fitting the shoes of European ferocious Brutishness, such as CENTURIAN

    or INSISION (hey these are big names…). The accuracy used in

    structure the songs is encommiable yet… this is material with

    still has some ties with the background of thrash metal this music

    had when it was in tarnsition between the 80’s and 90’s (remember

    the names SYNDROME or HEXX?) before the savagery was completely

    denaturized from the metal ( metal = shit) sound. One step from excellency.