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SPAZZ
Funky Ass Lil’ Platter (The Noise e.p.)
1” Record
There are 14 of these in the world and I get one. So there. Neeneer, neeneer. The itsy bitsy cover has two tiny dancing cows. The “thanks list” folds out for like half a meter and is as long as hell. You can’t play the record because it is only an inch big and even if you could it is all a joke that went too far. But this is still cool. I love it. It is one of my favorite records right now. SPAZZ is not only cool when they do a real record, they are cool when they do a joke one as well. Chris Dodge even put my wife and I on the thanks list. (Sorry if I dropped a name on your toe.) (Slap-A-Ham Records — You can’t order this record so no address needed)
HATRED
Suffer
MCD
This is raw, independent, and vicious death thrash. Multiple vocal tracking helps give a really sick feel to everything. The cover art incorporates a lot of symbols including a peace sign and a swastika. Hopefully their statement in the linear notes, “It’s not a hatred of race or creed but of ignorance” is more reflective of their true attitudes than the swastika!
GONKULATOR
Satan’s Burial Ground
CD
This is the first full length dose from these lords of brimstone metal. Prepare for your flesh to sizzle and fry as you are exposed to the unadulterated and untamed musical excess contained on these 13 (naturally) tracks. GONKULATOR have forged (in the fires of hell, probably) their own, one of a kind, interpretation of black metal. Instead of regurgitating the norm, this quartet combines sonic dissonance, distorted metal riffs, barely distinguishable vocals and noisenoisenoisenoisenoisenoise …. In the process, GONKULATOR have unearthed a new subgenre of extremeness that is only aptly labeled as ”black noise”; a sound so abrasive and harsh that the run of the mill black metal bands sound like choirboys in comparison.
Boxed In
7” (Red vinyl)
These guys are twisted! Nobody is making noise like this! Extreme hard-core that is tweaked and warped beyond belief. These guys do for power violence what MACABRE did for death metal…and that includes the high, screeching vocals plastered over guttural growls and an avalanche of noisy guitars and drums. These boys are pissed and deliver a full dose of anti cop, gangsta-core ala PLUTOCRACY or E.T.O.
Various Artists
…Until the End of Time
CD
The End Records is poised and ready to take the metal world by the throat in 1998. This comp is a preview of their releases on tap for the year. The highlights of the disc are two tracks from The End’s flagship act MENTAL HOME; one from each of their two discs to be released in ’98, “Vale” and “Black Art.” Russia’s MENTAL HOME (see their interview in issue #50) has crafted some tremendously vibrant and powerful atmospheric/ epic doom. Other notables on this comp include the progressive black/ death craft work of SCULPTURED as well as ODES OF ECSTASY with their ponderous and powerful doom (which is delivered smoothly by dual male/female vocalists). The disc is rounded out by EPOCH OF UNLIGHT with two tracks of their EMPEROR inspired black metal, NOKTURNAL MORTUM and their melodic black thrash and SCHOLOMANCE who play an offbeat and quirky brand of avant black. The disc is specially priced at $3 (USA – $5 World) so you should snag this faster than an Olympic snowboarder can snag a bong.
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