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MINDFLAIR "Stagnation" Cd |
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 (Bones Brigade Records - BB025)Release date: 2005 Running time: 27:11  Review: New, second (I think) album by Mindflair (Germany) here... This is very incisive grindcore with touches of death metal and sometimes crust. Clearly, the main influence here must be Agathocles. The key elements here are basic but very violent, in-your-face riffage, fast, swift, grinding drumming and dual shrieking/roaring vocals. I usually don't dig screaming vocals too much but the vocalist does a great job here, the vocal work on this one is pretty gripping and very abrasive. This is not a perfect album, I feel songs here sometimes lack a little momentum, perhaps because of the sound production... It is nice and clean and the great thing about it is that all the riffs are brought out very distinctively... Still, I honestly think the album would have benefitted from some additional rawness, saturation and distortion... This is already really pretty awesome as it is though and I'm nitpicking but I honestly really liked this cd, the band puts tons of rage into their stuff and the agressivity of the whole thing feels real... The guitar riffing is kind of obsessive and spirally; I mean it seems to go in circles at times in a kind of early Morbid Angel way... Anyhow, I found myself really genuinely enjoying this one, some of this stuff is really catchy and intense and well, this is just sweet stuff, I honestly don't remember their earlier cd to be as catchy as this new one... I'm not such fan a big of the whole cd layout though, it just looks like a big blob gone through a photoshop texture filter... But hey, it's the music that counts, right?! And the music here kicks quite a lot of ass! Tracks: 1)Affirmation (2:18) 2)No Lyrics (0:56) 3)Stagnation (2:23) 4)Superstar Construction KIT (1:39) 5)Chosen Unit (1:45) 6)101 (1:33) 7)Mindflare (1:42) 8)The Hauch Of Aggression (1:56) 9)Human Tapedeck (2:12) 10)The Fairy Tale Of Intelligence (1:19) 11)Excess To Nothing (1:47) 12)Positive Thought Treatment (1:28) 13)Seduced To Purity (1:32) 14)Braindwash Method (4:41) Label: www.bonesbrigaderecords.com |
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Tracks: 1)No ideas 2)Pampered grumbler 3)Garbage 4)Only for yourself 5)Conditioned life 6)Political self service 7)No reason, no fun 8)Puberty conditioned murder career 9)Green bakery 10)Ticket terror 11)Despite of existence 12)Blurred personality 13)Kuehle frische milch 14)Sparetime sheriffs 15)Fashion destitude Label Contact: BONES BRIGADE Fax:00 333 21 90 39 55 - Ph:00 333 21 86 72 91 Website: www.bonesbrigaderecords.com/ |
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Mindflair Review: This is the first material I hear from this german band, Mindflair, and I must say I'm very impressed! This begins with trashy animation TV-serie South Park generic music... and then the engine's cranked for 4 incredible tracks in pure brutal grindcore style! The sound is good, the musicians seem very skilful, songs are fast(&midtempo), swift & grindy as hell! Vocals range from rude & hideously raw bestial growls (often low pitched with judicious gut-wrenching effects) to high screamy & fucking insane shrieks! So, here we have one more very interesting grind band! A weird cover artwork too... This split single cd has a 17 minutes running time! 17 minutes of sheer audio carnage!