NEEDFUL THINGS "Dead Point" Cd

Release date: 2006
Running time: 31:33

Review: This czech band has been around for quite a few years now, they've put out at least one demo and a handful of split ep's but this is their first actual full length Cd release. Expect nothing but fierce, in-your-face grindcore here, rife with speed, crushing low-tuned riffing & intense vocals... A raging blend of Brutal Truth, Nasum & Excruciating Terror influences and a nice balance between old school & more modern type grind... Fast blastbeat rhythms are quite prominent, songs are often fairly concise, expeditive but from time to time also boost groovier parts that are just as gripping and filled with anger... This stuff never gets sluggish. Vocals are just about equal part extreme shrieks & roaring growls (ok, the screaming parts might have the edge but not by much), the band's vocalist pretty much goes all-out here, the vocal delivery's pretty ballsy! Sound production's also quite heavy, pretty clean but with enough distortion to satisfy my craving for rawer vibes, in other words this stuff's tightly executed but with enough chaos thrown in to keep a rather spontaneous, grindy edge. Cd layout's looking pretty good, with a very Nasum-like design, lyrics come in slightly broken english but always manage to get the message across alright... The cd finishes with a pretty unusual choice for a cover version with a Napalm Death song off "Inside the Torn Apart" which would be another of the band's influences. Bottomline is this whole cd kept my interest from start to finish, this band plays grind the way I like it, I'd say they're one of the best if not the best czech grind band around, so just check 'em out!

Tracks: 1)Life In Lie (1:26) 2)Resignation (2:33) 3)Blind Followers (1:42) 4)Entombed (2:14) 5)Hybridism Lie As An Facts (0:58) 6)Mental Level: Zero (1:50) 7)Cancer As A Business (1:15) 8)Disease Of Mind / True Lie (4:23) 9)Pharmacology (2:23) 10)Controlled Madness (2:16) 11)Paradise In The Earth (2:00) 12)Phobia (2:05) 13)Fucking Judge Career (1:29) 14)Control (1:54) 15)Low Point (Cover Napalm Death) (3:05)

Label Contact: http://www.khaaranus.wz.cz/

Band Contact: Otto BERAN
Anenska 1296
PARDUBICE  530 02
CZECH REPUBLIC
psyrec@post.cz
www.psychotherapy.wz.cz
www.needfulthings.wz.cz

(Rotten Foetus - RFP 012)
Release date: 2004
Running time: 37:01

Review: First up on this sick brazilian 3-Way Split Cd appears Neoplasm Disseminator, playing good old "Reek of Putrefaction" style sloppy goregrind, with everything from fuzzed out distorted guitars, nice and fast drumming to sick gurgling vocals... Sound is raw but still listenable... If you like old Malignant Tumour & Neuro-Visceral Exhumation, I'm sure you'll love this! This is just simple and extremely enjoyable goregrind with a really awesome Gruesome Stuff Relish cover version on top of all that!
Harmony Fault is next playing some really chaotic and dissonant sludgy death/grind with an obscure bass-heavy downtuned (as well as out of tune) sound, bizarre growling vocals (with lyrics apparently written in portugese)... Some pretty original and really bestial stuff for sure but it gets a little too confusing and sluggish at times for me... I'd say "disharmonic" is the right word to describe them! Kinda like a hybrid of Blood and Man is the Bastard...
Premature Autopsy rounds up this split cd with their own special brand of extreme porno/goregrind! This is downright depraved shit we've got there... This band has a fucking great distorted and heavy sound, the bass is really prominent in the mix, vocals are really low gurgling growls, pounding drumming... Reminds me of the very first Dead Infection demo!
The cd layout is nothing exceptional, just gory stuff... But each of the bands has their own gory cover inside which you can flip as the front cover if you want, which is really cool touch!
Overall, a superb split cd of truly obscure underground brazilian goregrind! Worth getting especially for Neoplasm Disseminator, but Premature Autopsy is pretty fucking great too... These bands are a little sloppy but they have a perfect, cripsy goregrind sound that's sure to bring chills down your spine... A nice treat for goregrind lovers everywhere!

Track list: Neoplasm Disseminator: 1)Reduced to Cadaveric Blot 2)Bizarre Cannibal Necromania 3)Entrails Infested by Enterobious Vermicularis 4)The Nauseaous Neoplasm in Disseminated 4)Los Vivos son Zombies Carniceros 6)Throat Slashed From Ear to Ear 7)Gangrened Carneaous Enxertia 8)Cancrum Oris Pus-Erupted Effluvia 9)Motivaçaoes Antropofagicas Sangruissedentas 10)Eaten Alive (Gruesome Stuff Relish cover version) 11)Squartatore (Mondo Cane De'la Carne)
Harmony Fault: 12)Tabua Ossea 13)Agonia e Escarro 14)Sangue e Visceras 15)Destuicao Massiva 16)Funeral Das Causas Justas 17)Solidao Agonia e Morte 18)30 Segundos 19)Dead Infection
Premature Autopsy: 20)Intro (Drink Sperm)/Gerontonecrozoofilia 21)Penis Fat Injection 22)Pig Greasy I 23)Suck my Dick! 24)Pig Greasy II 35)Necromerdofilia

Contacts: Neoplasm Disseminator: leomahaes@annex.com.br - jrpurulent@hotmail.com
Harmony Fault: www.harmonyfault.cjb.net
Premature Autopsy: prematureautopsyband@ibest.com.br - www.fotolog.net/prematureautopsy

Rotten Foetus: Diomar Souza - P.O. Box: 55064 - SP/SP - 04733-970 - Brasil

NOISEAR "Red Tape Agenda " Cd

(Blastasfuk Productions)
Release date: 2005
Running time: 18:14 (16 Tracks)

Review: This is one of the first cd's getting released through Blastasfuk, a label from Roby, the guy behind bands such as The Kill & Openwound... Keep these names in mind because the style of Noisear in question here is exactly in this vein: intense, blistering grindcore, a bubbling mass of thrashing distorted guitars, buzzing bass, extremely fast and tortuous drumming, raucous, monstrous growling lead vocals and piercing, shrieking backing vocals... Imagine something corrosive to your ear-drums and that turns your brain to bloody pulp. Sound production is harsh and rugged which totally fits the band's music here. The intensity of this cd is almost energy-draining, everything sounds so blunt, dirty and filled with terrifying rage; you can really feel the blood and sweat that went into this! I reckon Noisear might be grating in large quantities but this cd is just 18 minutes though which feels like exactly the right amount to me. A speedball of raw, ferocious grind!

Label: Blastasfuk - thekill@iprimus.com.au - http://www.geocities.com/blastasfuk/
Po Box 133 Deer Park Melbourne VIC Australia 3023