Chappa’ai / Sete Star Sept / Gorgonized Dorks / Agamenon Project / Mankurt ‎– 5 Way Split Tape (2013)

April 5, 2020

AxPx are absolutely killing it on this tape. Channelling the energy of mincecore legends such as Agathocles into their own drum-machine-led barrage of sonic annihilation.

I did a show once in Hungary (drumming for DZH) with Chappa’ai, and they are just as mental and noisy here as they were live then. “Z’Tarc Programming Device” is the single track; a long dirge of bleeping noise and harsh vocals. Sad to hear the band is currently no more!

The Sete Star Sept session here is a distorted mess. I mean, it is supposed to be, right? But fuck, this sounds like one of my rehearsals recorded on a cheap mobile phone. Gorgonized Dorks has that cool meld of noisecore and weird synths. Always a pleasure.

Mankurt has some interesting black metal vibes but grinds pretty hard regardless. A good band to close out this trip through noise and hell. Cheers!