XXX Maniak / Lymphatic Phlegm – Split CD (2005)

April 1, 2022

I snoozed on this when it came out, and I snoozed once more when the 3XM side was re-released on 12″ vinyl. In fact, why did the vinyl re-release only include the 3XM stuff? Seems a bit shitty. Anyway, I digress. This is a pretty solid effort from 3XM, which farts hyperspeed drum machine grindcore over you in their “original” full length style – i.e. the production is decent, the vocals are weird and the DIY samples are hilarious.

Lymphatic Phlegm are, of course, legendary by this point. On this very blog, over the last ten years I’ve gone from writing them off as a crappy goregrind that sounds like bedroom black metal, to simping for their spooky, gore-drenched tunes and aesthetic. Whichever camp you fall into, you know what you are getting with Lymphatic and the side they bring here is as solid as anything they’ve ever done. For when you like your gore spooky, give this a goosey.