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AGATHOCLES "Distrust and abuse" (Boundless Records) Release date: 1993
Review: Here is a killer 6 track ep... only pure grindcore songs with heavy sound except "Get off your ass" (which a killer crusty hardcore song). Grind tracks sound like early Napalm Death: low roaring vocals with some backing crazy screams... thrashing guitars and -hyperfast- grinding drums... The sound isn't really perfect, but loud enough to enjoy the songs in a great climax of ultra-brutality! Lyrics are against nazism, rockstar attitude etc... Note: You can find these tracks as bonus on "Razor sharp daggers"cd... Tracks: 1)Sieg shit 2)Hatronomous 3)Hideous headchopping 4)Bigheaded bastards 5)Get off your ass 6)Distrust and abuse



AGATHOCLES "Back to 1987" (Boundless Records) Release date: 1996
Review: 11 Agathocles classic grindcore tracks from 1987 re-recorded in 1994 for a deranged result: 11loud grindcore noisy songs with ultra extreme vocals and total musical destruction! Impressive little 7"ep!!! Tracks: 1)Big one 2)The fog 3)Teachers 4)The accident 5)Mutilated regurgitator 6)Consumming endoderme pus 7)Splattered brains 8)Christianity means tyranny 9)Squeeze Anton 10)Introyyl 11)Threshold to senility



AGATHOCLES "No use... (hatred)" (Boundless Records) Release date: 1995
Review: 4 crusty hardcore songs recorded in rehearsal... very listenable, but quite lacking of goodie grind punch! You can find all of these tracks on "Thanks for your hostility" album, but here are better, rawer, noisy versions of them... I'd say this is for hardcore AxGx freaks who collect all the EPs... Tracks: 1)Go fucking nihilist 2)Hatred is the cure 3)No use ... (hatred) 4)An abstract



ASSEL (Busted Heads Records/Putrid Filth Conspiracy/Sounds of betrayal)
Review: Very fast and powerful grindcore with a crust touch. All good and speedy. Lots of blasts, fast goodness and plain rage. Heard that kind of energic grind so many times before, and I still crave for it. And this band's especially tight I think. Vocals are the kind of violent screams and everything sounds totally dynamic and raw. Man, you gotta love it. Lyrics are in swedish with a couple of notes in english. Definitely recommended. Tracks: SIDE A: 1)Stat f�rtryck 2)Till f�r oss 3) Lurad 4)Trangsynt SIDE B: 5)Perfekt 6)Ensam 7)V�nder kappan efter vindem 8) F�rebild 9)Total kontroll
Contact: ASSEL c/o frisk KYRKGATAN 82 83134 �STERSUND SWEDEN +46-128825 http://assel.da.ru assel@spray.se
Label Contact: SOUNDS OF BETRAYAL RODRIGO ALFARO S�DRA PARKGATAN 35 214 22 MALM� SWEDEN Email: PUTRIDFILTH@BIGFOOT.COM



ASS�CK "State to state" (SOA) Release date: 1993
Review: Ass�ck is a band from US, they play... grindcore, old fashion grindcore... with an incredible fastness and velocity in drums reminding, for example Napalm Death's "From enslavement to obliteration" album or Terrorizer "World downfall"... some short, and more death-metal-like parts give a little contrast with the "speed" parts, in the vein of Napalm Death "Utopia banished"... But the songs are always fast, and very short... Vocals are in the vein of Terrorizer too... raw and low. I really appreciated Ass�ck's direct grindcore style! Look for them! Tracks: 1)State to state 2)The thousand mile stare 3)Procession 4)Epilogue 5)A nation's tear...



ASS�CK "State to state" (Open) Release date: 1992
Review: Another 7"ep from the great american grindcore band; ASS�CK. This is still in old Napalm Death/Terrorizer vein... with 6 "right-in-the-face" tracks, technically perfectly handled, catchy with moderately short running time: Devoid of any boring parts! Blasting velocity of drums, rythmic power of guitars, low, roaring vocals: highest quality grindcore! Produced at Morrisound!



AUTOPSY "Tortured moans of agony" (Necroharmonic Productions)
Review: "Tortured moans of agony" is a quite recent Autopsy live bootleg... Recorded in 1993, with a good sound quality. Most of the tracks come from "Mental Funeral" album. So, well, listening to this EP, will remind you Autopsy was a total classic band! This record only features cult songs like "Slaughterday", "Charred remains" or "Twisted mass of burnt decay"... as usually you feel this macabre dark mood defining Autopsy music style. A doomy, scary death metal, sometimes slow, sometimes real fast, always with a dirty and raw sound... and exceptional, extremely nasty and twisted vocals by Chris Reiffert... Of course, this is a must-have for Autopsy maniacs! Death-grind amateurs in general should take a listen to it anyway! Available as a double 7"ep, with beautiful red and purple discs! ($8 US, $10 world from Necroharmonic) Tracks: SIDE A: 1)Slaughterday 2)Fiend for blood SIDE B: 3)Fleshcrawl 4)Torn from the womb 5)Shit eater SIDE C: 6)Charred remains 7)Death twitch SIDE D: 8)Dead 9)Twisted mass of burnt decay
Contact: NECROHARMONIC PRODUCTIONS P.O. BOW 1271 - KEARNY, NJ 07032 - USA, E-mail: necroharmonic@aol.com



AUTORITAR/AGATHOCLES (Split) (Yellow Dog Records) Release date: 1996
Autorit�r Review: Autorit�r is into good crust/grind; vocals are not very extreme but still full of violent, raging anger, most of the songs have crusty hardcore tempos, but several fast grind parts energize the whole thing... the result is very explosive... crusty -powerviolence- grindcore freaks should appreciate! beware the shocking cover! Tracks: 1)I don't... 2)Looser 3)The answer is unknown 4)Enslaved 5)Never asking what its for 6)Inside 7)Disbeat
Agathocles Review: 4 AxGx tracks; the first one is original(but quite slow), second one is great crushing mince/grind, both first songs are studio material... the two last ones are noisy live recordings... Inequal release, but very interesting though! Destined to AxG freaks... Tracks: 1)Libidinous urges 2)Hate-My mate 3)A for arrogance 4)Thy kingdom won't come


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