DEPRESSION/MESRINE Split Cd

(2+2=5 - 2+2=15)
Release date: 2004
Running time: 44:39

Depression Review: Hailing from Germany, Depression already has quite a bunch releases of their own, most notably some interesting split releases with bands like Agathocles or Haemorrhage... They play a very heavy and downtuned type of Death/Grind and keep things going at a steady pace, honestly more focused on groove and catchy mid-tempo rhythms than genuinely all-out speed; Still, this is pretty hard-striking and intense stuff. Depression might well be a perfect example of the "german touch", their music simultaneously reminds me of Dead (for the the ultra-downtuned guitars and catchy hooks), Gut (basic and groovy song structuring as well as weirdo squealing), Mangled Torsos (sick mood, heaviness, plus those almost liquid-sounding , gurgling growls) and finally Blood (an overall flavor). The execution is pretty tight, the song-writing is simple but adequate, the sound production is nice and thick... Sure, this isn't anything earth-shattering but definitely a very enjoyable band for me...
Mesrine Review: Sick Grind/Death from this Canadian outfit... Ferocious vocal trade-offs, guttural growls and brutal shrieks, lowtuned, grindy, dissonant riffage, pretty savage drumming... Sound is a little on the rough side, in a sort of cavernous way... But songs are sufficiently energetic to make this a nice, albeit slightly muddy ride! If I had to make a comparison, I'd say a cross between Hemdale & Dahmer. Overall, a solid split release.

Tracks: Depression "Die toten Tage kommen...": 1)The Grime Rise of... (1:33) 2)Human Prey (1:40) 3)Maggot Eater (2:09) 4)Hate the Kids (2:27) 5)Depression Vs. The Devil (2:13) 6)Behram (2:26) 7)Leichenduft (2:11) 8)I Spit on your Grave (2:19) 9)Dare the Pain (1:42) 10)Just a Piece of Flesh (3:17) 11)A Farewell (0:11) 12)...The Reborn Brutality (Outro) (1:28)
Mesrine: 13)Uncle Jimmy (1:41) 14)Robert Pickton (1:59) 15)Bud Petterson 2:39) 16)Malvo (0:46) 17)The Mangler (1:57) 18)Le Restaurateur Georges Tannous (1:39) 19)Rénald Côté (2:08) 20)Jack (1:28) 21)Steve Racine (1:52) 22)Gino Camacho (1:08) 23)Charles Bishop (2:41) 24)Saddam (1:05)

Label E-mail/Website: info@2plus2equal5.com - www.2plus2equal5.com
Contact: 2+2=5 Records
C/o Douglas Alves Junior
Caixa Postal 1668
Sao Paulo / SP
CEP:01059-970
Brazil

(CUDGEL AGENCY- www.cudgel.de)
Release date: Late March 2001

Depression Review: That's german death metal with a kinda grindy feel, a very good, heavy sound and really tight songs. There's nothing much to say about it, riffs are quite thick, drumming is powerful and growling vocals kicks butts, that's about it. If you're after something kinda like Blood, well-played and brutal, you won't go wrong with this.

Haemorrhage Review: Live stuff from their 10th aniversary show. Haemorrhage is a great live band. The sound on these tracks is real good, the volume is a little low compared to Depression, but you just have to turn it up a little more and it's great. It's great stuff, from "Deranged for loathsome" to "Excavating the Iliac Fossa"... It's a brilliant Haemorrhage live recording to have!

Depression Tracks: 1)(Intro) The Ancient Arrival of Thy Utter Darkness 2)No Tumors, Just Rumors 3)Defaced 4)(She's) Satan in High Heels 5)No Need for a God 6)Under the Pale Moonlight 7)Enough (Agathocles) 8)The Battle 9)An Autumn Blaze 10)I am the Devil 11)Jimmy was in Town

Haemorrhage Tracks: 12)Treasures of Anatomy 13)Necrotic Garbage 14)Pyosified (Carcass) 15)Deranged for Loathsome/ Putrescent Necromorphism 16)Anatomized 17)Decom-posers 18)Disgorging Foetus (Regurgitate) 19)Excavating the Iliac Fossa
20)Oozing Molten Gristle 21)Staph Terrorist (Impetigo) 22)I'm a Pathologist

Official Haemorrhage Webmorgue: www.haemorrhage.ht.st

Label Contact: Cudgel Agency
P.O. Box 100147
06871 Luth. Wittenberg
Germany

office@cudgel.de

Emails
Depression: depression@gmx.li
Haemorrhage: haemorgue@hotmail.com

Release date: 1997

Agathocles Review: 5 unreleased studio tracks + 4 live tracks; a very good and original stuff, with a good sound, good lyrics... it's Agathocles!!! Live tracks include a antinazi cover from dutch band Pandemonium... nothing more to say! good release! Note the beautiful cover art... I like it!

Depression Review: 8 tracks in a very listenable grinding death style; tight, fast and heavy... good sound... not bad at all! Best song is "Vomit Bowel": 40 seconds of brutal grind!!! as well, note "Thy Beauty" which is a Fear Of God cover (good choice, F.O.G. are godfathers of grindnoise; from Switzerland!) Finally, Depression is great band! (They are from Germany)

Agathocles Tracks:1)Intro/ Drug-induced fantasies 2)Kids for cash 3)Get a life 4)No remorse 5)Robotized 6)Thanks for your hostility 7)Criminalisation of strange 8)Is it really mine? 9)Wir fahren geges nazis
Depression Tracks:10)Bloodheaven 11)Thy beauty 12)You call me beast 13)Vomit bowel 14)Life is hard and then you die 15)Burnin' within 16)The mangler 17)Sathanas (I am God)