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HOL-A-WIT (Mex): “El Hueco De Tu Ano” Cd 2003 Half Life

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|Here it is, the real Mexican gore massacre! I personally like Hol-A-Wit (which should roughly translate to “asshole” from what I understood) consistently much more than Semen. (2 members out of three, except for Luisa Bocanegra, come from  there so I guess Semen is a continuation of Hol-A-Wit or are similarly related). The band plays sublime third world gore grind with a ultra raw and garageish production, with clear porn gore influences.

DISGORGE (Mex): “Gore Blessed To The Worms” Cd 2007 Extreem

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|I admit I was quite disappointed when I read that Edgar’s label released Karnarium‘s discography without even mentioning anything since I released that band’s first 7″. Not that I needed any royalties, but at least a free copy and an email of courtesy was the least he could do. Nonetheless, I will be objective when judging his band’s newest work.

INCARNATE (fin): “Exist To Extinct” MCd 2006 s/p [demo]

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|I admit I don’t like extremely much of this demo except for the honesty of calling it an Ep despite the over 25 minute running time. The Cd itself is cheap silver disc but both layout and design are decent enough, save for some evident jpeg loss on the artwork, but for a demo, who can complain. The band comes from the Finnish western town of Kannus (population 5.000!), and it shows – eh – there is even a guy with a Kalevala shirt (which is like seein’ a Greek with an Odissey shirt or an Italian with an Aeneid one). Well I guess it’s some band’s maybe…

PUTRID WHORE (Ita): “Pure Fucking Whores” split Cd-r with WHORE EVIL (Mex) 2007 Rotting Abortion

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|Well. First off the Cannibal Holocaust soundtrack intro is maybe a bit too long (just above 2 minutes) – I’d rather listen to the real album by Riz Ortolani than a cheap excerpt if you know what I mean – but the idea is nice. Musicwise speaking, Putrid Whore does not play goregrind despite my expectations. The cover art is pure porn vulgarity and all the porn thing makes one believe it but in general the guitar riffs are mostly bold Brutal Death with some slam and a bunch of accelerations than sludgy sick grind. The vocals are froglike deep with some squeal a la Devourment here and there. Generally quite good. The sound is surprisingly healthy for a product that looks so cheap (xeroxed cover and plan Cd-r support), there is a gross use of photoshop tricks but the overall effect works I believe, that’s the “last minute goregrind” style after all. I didn’t like much the boring humour in tne titles like the parody of Spongebob etc. Really overused IMHO.

Some tidying before posting

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I think it’s better if I take some time tweaking the website appearance and funcionality before I start posting reviews. I do not need weeks, just some more days. I have collected the reviews in two categories: genres and letters. The reviews are the same, just decide which method you prefer by yourself. I am still working on the Dying Fetus / Skinless videos, should have something in a few days.

I also found and installed this nice plugin that shows small thumbnails of the covers of the latest reviews on the column here at the right as you can see. The whole website still looks quite awkward (specially the single posts), but I won’t spend too much time on appearance for the moment. I want the ball rolling!

What’s up?

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You might be wondering what’s happening in these days of silence. Well a few things have been building up behind the scenes. The printed version of Nuclear Abominations isn’t up yet, but that’s because I am still doing some interviews and am finishing a few detailed retrospective articles on Carcass and Beherit (with plenty of photos and infos). The tentative date of December wasn’t too optimistic however, because I trust it won’t take much more time. I am also lagging with reviews and have at least 50 new ones to do to catch up with promo material. I will post 2-3 reviews a day for the next few days to get to the present day, with the month of December excluded as originally planned.
As for the releases, two works are under construction right now: the Nuclear Death demo collection is way close to completion, I just need the artwork and layout finished hopefully by end January/February, I can assure you I am in control of the situation. The idea of a limited double Lp version is also vivid and much probable, but let’s not overtalk now as I usually do. I am also following a split release between Anatomia from Japan and Bowel Fetus from Australia, both total Autopsy worshippers as yours truly. We’re still discussing about the layout and much of the recording has yet to be done but see, if the Nuclear Death thing is going to take too long, that’s the next thing you’ll see from the label. You can check more details on the Nuclear Death release on the Official band website I registered last month (www.nuclear-death.com)
Nuclear Abominations isn’t only about goregrind, but goregrind surely has some underground fascination on me, that’s why I also put up a forum/wiki website www.goregrind.com/wiki where you can find information about anything you need on this genre. If you play or know informations that are not listed there, please make your contribution, it’s easy and free.
I also took some pictures at the Just Killers No Fillers show in Germany last month, which I plan to post on this website soon. I have also read a few good books on webdesign techniques and finally got a digital camera, both things which should improve the website aesthetics.
A big hello to everybody who has kept in touch all these weeks of silence and don’t lose your faith, more reviews are to come SOON!

INTESTINAL DISGORGE (USA-Tx): “A Clockwork Whore Binge” Cd 2005 Sonic Death

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I am telling this very sincerely: I remembered Intestinal Disgorge to be way heavier than this. When I was about to put this album in the player I was expecting hugely sick sewage scatological goregrind shit noise, but sincerely this stuff didn’t turn out to be as heavy as I hoped. The sound is quite clear all the time and the guitar distortion would fit better a modern Death Metal band. Lots of riffs are balanced between crusty modern grindcore a la Bolesno Grinje and some power chords a la Internal Bleeding and harmonics and stuff of clear Brutal Death origin, but I just don’t dig this mickey mouse vocals that seem like a timid attempt at playing the grindcore noise game. Even if sometimes some sick twisted savagery emerges, Japanese are able to condense all this and more in one quarter the songs contained in this “Clockwork Whore Binge”. There are also no lyrics inside, just a short story of a guy killing girls and masturbating on the strangled cadavers. And the cover is a very cheap piece of computer graphics, which to me suit a goregrind/noise release as well as a photo of a field of red flowers. No really, there is some deviation in here but it seriously need an extra dose of filth, if it was on vinyl, i would rub it on a dirty floor to add some craclking and dirt to this sound. Go back to the Rectal Sludge era, it was much better. Do not misunderstand me, this is not wimpy stuff, but it’s just they turned all the attention to noisy side leaks instead of making the whole songs a work of noise.