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	BATHTUB SHITTER "Dancehall Grind" Cd
	(Super Hit Jam Records) Release date: 2005 Running time: 40:04 Review: So this is the new Bathtub Shitter album, it took me a few songs to really get into this album but I think this is really good stuff... The album starts with a short, wacky nintendo-type melody intro, and for a second I panicked and thought I listening to a new S.M.E.S. release but thankfully things get louder and thrashier on the second track (though still reprising the introductory melody as chorus!), it's a good glimpse of this album... Tthe style here is much more diverse and humorous than their old stuff, the main thing here is still a kind of grind & thrash metal hybrid, in many ways reminiscent of what SxOxB used to do on albums like "Gates of Hell" & "Vicious World"... But then the band at times also breaks into funk, mix their songs with rock n' roll riffs, inject some groovy rhythms, or even cover a D.R.I. song when they feel like it! The largest bulk of the cd is however pretty straightfoward and grindy and the remaining influences are more like spicing... Vocals are exactly the same type of grumpy growls and whiny, high-pitched, almost comical screams Bathtub Shitter has always been using... The sound mix is just fine, everything can be heard loud and clear, that's good enough for me. None of the lyrics seem to make much sense, but it's all good fun anyway, I remember getting the incredibly brilliant idea of calling a song "Rest in Piss" as a joke in the past, well Bathtub Shitter actually does so on this cd! In summary, a solid, thrashing, grinding, humorous & at times pretty surprising album... Not for everyone I guess but if you're open-minded enough you should be able to dig this... Tracks: 1)Introduction (0:22) 2)Skate Of Bulgaria (3:21) 3)World Dun Hole (4:16) 4)Umber (3:27) 5)Hello Alone (1:57) 6)Re-Shit (2:57) 7)The End Of The Rainbow (3:33) 8)Time Out (originally by D.R.I.) (4:39) 9)Everybody Has The Wet (3:02) 10)Shit Drop (instrumental) (1:34) 11)Rest In Piss (7:08) 12)PS From BS (1:03) 13)Stihs Latem (bonus track) (2:45)


	BATHTUB SHITTER "Wall of World is Words" Cd
	(Power It Up) Release date: 2004 Running time: 20:42 Review: Bathtub Shitter shouldn't need an introduction after all the reviews I wrote about them but here goes anyway... This band is japanese and they carved their own style into grindcore with something of a sizzling, sludgy vibe, a set of gruff guitar riffs, gnarly growls, spastic high-pitched screaming, grinding rhythms and quite a little bit of groove too... Their sound seems like it's almost been roughened up intentionally, it's got a definite crusty, distorted edge but everything's clear enough so you can make out what's going on... Most of the songs are quite catchy and memorable and this stuff is always a pleasure to listen to! What else to say? In regards to the layout, it's simple but so very cool-looking; lyrics deal with social topics of some kind, and there's at least one shit metaphor in every song... This is the cd re-issue of the band's first Lp from 2000, it's got some fun additional bonus tracks, basicly alternate versions of other tracks. This cd is something of a raw grindcore classic to me... Basic, primitive, nice and crunchy, just the way I like it! Tracks: 1)I.N.W.W.W. 2)Wall Of World Is Words 3)M.A.D.S. 4)We The Helpless 5)Imitation Of Life 6)Wrinkly Wall 7)Fuck You 8)Light Out 9)New Clear War 10)O.U.T.W.W.W. 11)Wall of World is Words (Ass Plugged Version) 12)My Last Word Band E-mail/Website: info@bathtubshitter.com - www.bathtubshitter.com Label Contact: Power It Up Postfach 114 38156 Vechelde Germany www.power-it-up.de e-Mail: Mailorder@power-it-up.de


	BATHTUB SHITTER "Lifetime Shitlist" Cd
	(Shit Jam Records - MYEP-003) Release date: 2004 Running time: 37:57 Review: Bathtub Shitter is always a pleasure to listen to... This is the first time I experience them on cd after a long batch of vinyl releases, this release is slight change of pace compared to their earlier release... Their style is still thrashing grindcore with early SxOxB inklings. Ripping guitar riffs, dirty bass sound, wild drumming, raucous growling and demented high-pitched screaming... Though these songs are more into moderately paced thrashing hardcore-oriented things but there's a fair amount of insane noisy grind thrown in there too of course, the overall feel is raw, thrashy and a bit sloppy but still very catchy. As always the band has an eye for slick packaging artwork, the cover looks especially great. Always one of Japan's finest bands in my book! MP3: "Be shatter proof" Tracks: 1)Introduction - Sea of Filth 2)Fuck hip raper 3)What color is yours 4)Control of own hole 5)Sausage for souse 6)One one one 7)Fireworks 8)No stayer 9)Be shatter proof 10)Meaningful proof 11)Instrumental - Lifetime shitlist 12)Escapism to refresh 13)Hot shit hits maximum 14)Holy song for you Band Website: www.bathtubshitter.com