Archive for March 2014

Archagathus / Maximum Thrash – Split 7″ (2012)

Archagathus / Maximum Thrash – Split 7″ (2012)

March 30, 2014

I was expecting more from Maximum Thrash, I will be honest. Iโ€™ve seen the name around a lot over the last few years so I was rather excited about finally hearing them. I was a bit disappointed then, when I dropped the needle onto this wax and got some shitty live recording as my first impression of them. Donโ€™t get me wrong, the band sound like theyโ€™d be great, but thereโ€™s nothing worse than shelling…

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CKY – Infiltrate.Destroy.Rebuild. (2002)

CKY – Infiltrate.Destroy.Rebuild. (2002)

March 29, 2014

Man, now this is a blast from my past! I’d pretty much forgotten CKY existed for the last half a decade or so, until I saw this CD for sale for next to nothing in a charity shop. I forgot just how much I loved this band’s first two records – I can’t really speak much for the rest of the discography (An Answer Can Be Found was OK I guess, but Carver City does…

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Korn – Take A Look In The Mirror (2003)

Korn – Take A Look In The Mirror (2003)

March 28, 2014

I had a little bit of a catch-up with Korn’s mid-to-late 2000s releases on Amazon recently. For some reason, the young-me never picked up 2003’s follow-up to Untouchables; Take A Look In The Mirror, which was unusual, especially considering that this was the last record the band did with the full original line-up. I really think Silveria’s drumming, whilst not incredibly technical, is extremely unique, and is noticeably missing from the later Korn stuff (as…

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Impetigo – Giallo / Antefatto (1989/2000)

Impetigo – Giallo / Antefatto (1989/2000)

March 26, 2014

I gotta come clean hereโ€ฆI know that Impetigo are regarded as legends in the grindcore/noisecore scenes, but I just cannot get into them! Iโ€™ve had this CD for yonks but I rarely, if ever, listen to it. Perhaps I need to investigate more of their material, but with the crazy scope of music out there, I always find myself forgetting to do so. Giallo / Antefatto is a collection of the bands first two demos…

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Fury 161 – Armageddon’s Maw (2014)

Fury 161 – Armageddon’s Maw (2014)

March 25, 2014

Fury 161 are a noise / death industrial based project with members hailing from Wales, Ireland and originally, South Africa. They came together in 2013 to produce misanthropic, hateful atmospheres about futility and anger towards all of mankind. Opener ‘Thanatos’ builds a dark, clanking atmosphere without getting too harsh. It is the audible equivalent of an incomprehensible mechanical world gearing up. ‘Spirits’ follows, which almost sounds like the distorted offspring of a Public Castration-era Swans…

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Small Fortunes – Say What You See (2014)

Small Fortunes – Say What You See (2014)

March 17, 2014

Ho ho! Now this is something that I have watched grow from a silly one-minute-something demo into a full-blown project of epic proportions. Introducing my good ol’ pal Gareth B, whom is a fellow band-mate with me in Merthyr Tydfilian based rap metal (yes!) group Start! Start!. Mr. B is always grooving our tunes up with his mad bass skills, but he doesn’t get much chance to shine on the mic. That’s where Small Fortunes…

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