Archive for July 2013

This split opens with a disappointing Deche-Charge recording of a live set. It takes forever to get started and when it does, it really doesn’t amount to much at all. Recorded grind/noisecore/whatever can go one of two ways (both of which sound awful) – the recording can really capture the energy and/or dirty sound in a nutshell, or just fall flat on it’s fucking face. Unfortunately for the legendary Deche-Charge, their contribution to this split…

Death metal has a limited appeal for me, but when it’s done right I just fucking love it. Maybe it’s coincidence that I love my “local” death metal band Desecration more than most other death acts, or maybe it’s not. I donno, I’m not a psychologist. All I know is that Desecration is fucking awesome. The sound (on any record) is spot on; the drums are dry and precise, the guitars clinical yet fuzzy and…

If Shitfun isn’t one of the greatest names for a band ever, then I don’t know what is. And if that cover picture isn’t one of the creepiest, nastiest sleeves for a band ever, then I don’t know what is! Shitfun are here to ruin everybody’s day with some “serial killer grindcore” from the deepest, darkest parts of Brazil. They have a growly death metal approach to the vocal side of things (this might explain…

Apartment 213 are fantastic, muddy as hell powerviolence-fused grindcore. This is all well and good, but they are annihilated here by the material on the ANb side. We all know splits aren’t competitions, but sometimes one band will just totally outweigh the other. Sorry guys! It is with a small irony then that Apartment 213’s vocalist guests on all the songs on the ANb side. The Agoraphobic stuff here is unlike anything else in their…

This song is part of my childhood! Quite a strange thing to say, considering I’m not from the streets of CPT, and that I never grew up to develop a taste for gin, khakis and mackin’ bitches. I’m partial to the chronic, however I doubt that has got anything to do with Nate Dogg’s g-funk serenading. This is a classic Dr. Dre track, and it’s a shame that he never made more solo albums; this…

I’ve not heard the source material for this remix, but I’m not entirely sure if I need to, if I’m honest. The thing with remixes of this nature is that the songs are usually so mutated from their original form that they have become brand new entities in their own right. Mixing gabba techno with awkward synths and nifty, sneaky little drum’n’bass passages, NUH really makes a fucking meal out of whatever source material Hideous…

I know this doesn’t exactly rank high amongst the playlists of many black metal enthusiasts, but I am a huge fan of the prison-Burzum era. I think we need to reflect on what the man was simply left to work with; any country that allows you make an album whilst serving prison time for murder is pretty unusual in my opinion, and to be fair, considering Varg was supposedly only allowed to use a synthesizer,…