Grindhead Records is frantically frothing at the mouth to unhinge the utterly destructive 3 way split between Grog, Roadside Burial and P@ssy Vibes. Two of Portugals finest have teamed up with one of Australia’s death/grind heavy weights to produce a decimating slab of blasting insanity.
Gorg starts these intense proceedings. These seasoned grindcore stalwarts have been around since 1991 and are at the forefront of the Portugal extreme scene. Their earlier material had more of a straight forward grindcore approach but throughout their career consisting of over 8 releases, they have incorporated more tech and brutal death influences – think Gridlink meets early Morbid Angel and Origin. This matured, tight and ferocious sound is no more evident than on the 5 intense ear blasting tracks and one absolutely shredding cover of Nuclear Assaults track "New Song". Grog have delivered in every possible way. In Grog we grind!
Next up on the chopping board are Sydney’s own purveyors of crushing sludged-out death grind, Roadside Burial. Already having 2 splits under their belts with Corpsickle and Exhibit A and featuring members of Volatile, Bludgeoner, F@@k Oath and Miscreation. Roadside Burial has upped the ante big time on their 9 tracks of their Napalm Death / Terrorizer inspired death/grind. And for the first time with organic bowel quaking drums care of Macca of Granny Fist. The crunching violent guitars, gut wrenchingly distorted bass and deep guttural vocals have now made Roadside Burial into one massively heavy obliterating grindcore monster.
Last but not least comes another one of Portugals immensely killer grind units in the name of PussyVibes. These deranged men of p@@@o loving, gore-laden, ass-kicking grindcore have been schooled in the fine art of bulldozing groovy grind madness. Influences such as Dead Infection, Regurgitate, Cock and Ball Torture and Blood Duster will give you the exact impression of where these pussy obsessed mental gore merchants are coming from. Their extraterrestrial themed tracks of beyond catchy groovy gore grind are coupled with a double vocal attack of pitch shifted gargling growls, ear piercing grunts and tight powerful compositions have insured PussyVibes to finish off the split in style! Girls not included.
Grog start off this three-way split CD with a groove grind that isn’t bad at all. Good riffs, with insane drumming, this is something I could probably listen to a full-length of. Best tracks are “Ass Sapiens” and “New Song” (which is a Nuclear Assault cover). 7 out of 10.
ВідповістиВидалитиRoadside Burial are more of a death metal band, with less porn and more old school feel. Good Aussie ass kicking. 7.5 out of 10.
Pussyvibes bring a more pornogrind feel to the split with pig squeals and hyper-fast drums and simple riffs, but instead of the customary cunt jokes they’ve got a short concept set about Martian invaders, but there’s still porn. And ya know what? I could listen to a full-length from these guys too. 7 out of 10.
Overall, this three-way between two Portugese bands and an Aussie band brings some good grind to the ear. This is something I’ll be making repeat listenings of.7 out of 10.
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Grindhead Records always manages to surprise me with splendid grind and gore acts from around the world. Here is another three way split record with songs from Grog (Portugal), Roadside Burial (Australia) and Pussyvibes (Portugal). Never heard of any of these bands, but that is all about to change!
ВідповістиВидалитиOpening the record is Grog. After a short intro four self-written tracks follow plus a cover of Nuclear Assault’s ‘New Song’. One is immediately blown away by the brutality, speed and ferociousness of this Portuguese outfit. These guys know how to put the pedal to the metal and keep it there in order to destroy everything in your cerebral cavity. These dudes don’t shun sexy subjects either, as is brought forward by the porno samples in their songs. Definitely a fun listen, hope to hear more from these guys!
Following the Portuguese rampage is Roadside Burial, hailing from Grindhead Records’ homeland Australia. Their songs are of a somewhat lesser quality, but still enjoyable. It’s all a bit too standard with these crazed kangaroo fuckers, combining death metal and grindcore in a way it has been done by so many other before. A nice listen, but nothing really sticks in the end.
Back to Portugal again, Pussyvibes is the first band to hit the gore label here with pitch shifted vocals. Luckily they don’t use this all the time though. Their lyrics seemed to be about aliens though, mostly Martians, and mostly of the female kind. So the porn is still there obviously. Their sound is also quite ferocious, spiced up with some cool gory grooves. Definitely worth to check out for every goregrind fan out there.
All in all this is a very nice split album, although the Portuguese bands on this effort surely reign supreme. I would like to hear more from especially them, and I’d like to see them team up for a European tour sometime! In the meantime, grinders should check this one out!
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