Sikfuk – Teabagged At Birth (2008)

September 7, 2022

Trust Sikfuk to further devolve an already disgusting death metal reference into something even more puerile and gross. Do not be put off by the childish album title however, as Sikfuk do not fuck (or is that fuk?) around. It may take you a short while to adjust to the hollowness of the production, but once that little bit of trouble is aside, the sheer brilliance of this technical yet messy brutal death metal album shines through. It holds the perfect balance of sloppy and razor sharp. To me, it sounds like somebody played None So Vile to a barn full of random animals who then decided to have a stab at playing something like that themselves.

Teabagged At Birth is also the only album to feature Sikfuk drummer Jake The Tardsnake before Nikfuk returned to using drum machines. I don’t think their parting was particularly civil, but he adds a welcome dynamic to this record.