Lines In Wax

TWELVE YEARS OF UNWANTED OPINION

Month: June 2020

2 Minuta Dreka / Pulmonary Fibrosis – Split Tape (2006)

2 Minuta Dreka / Pulmonary Fibrosis – Split Tape (2006)

2 Minuta Dreka are incredibly hit and miss for such a high quality band. Thankfully, on this split with Pulmonary Fibrosis, the Italian noise masters swing and hit it out of the park. Noisy, rehearsal-room-feel gore, coupled with noisecore-style song approaches and length, make this a tasty slab of underground grind (undergrind?) that makes you moist between the legs. Pulmonary Fibrosis on the other side are just as good, even with the music leaning in a more slam-tinged approached to goregrind. The trouble here is that the Pulmonary stuff (at least) appears pulled from a myriad of different sessions, giving their side a disjointed, disorganised feel.

The Berzerker – Archie Campbell (1996)

The Berzerker – Archie Campbell (1996)

Archie Campbell is an oddly-titled early offering from The Berzerker, back when the project was one man with a penchant for gabber techno. It appears to be available online only, and was never released on a physical format, to my knowledge. Its a puzzling release, if your experience lies with the full band death metal Berzerker, but what we have on display here is some head-splitting hardcore gabber, which can be just what the doctor ordered, or possibly not.