Ahumado Granujo / Utopia – Split CD (2002)

May 13, 2022

This is a lengthy split from 20 years ago (damn, son) (23 years for the original cassette before this CD version). If you know what Ahumado Granujo are about then this will not disappoint. There are less techno passages and more groovy finger-pointy goregrind, but hey, I’m not complaining about that. Production is good as always, and a few Gut covers towards the end (and a cover of Impetigo’s “Boneyard” but much faster!) are the icing on the cake. There’s a long techno song too for those who may be pining for such in the absence of the usual interludes.

Utopia are a new experience for me. These guys are fast, fast, fast! Grindcore in a much more traditional sense that their sludgy, groovy split-mates. Expect the usual flurries of intense hammering blastbeats, razor sharp guitar riffery and of course, manic, yelped, screamed vocals of rabid intensity. A nice bit of ying and yang really, across the full record. Tidy darts.