Saturday, November 6, 2010

Crucial Blast Reviews



Corephallism- Self Titled - 3" CD (Lascivious Aesthetics)
Another vital dose of electronic horror from the new Lascivious Aesthetics imprint run by one of the cats from Twodeadsluts Onegoodfuck. In fact, Corephallism itself is a side project from TDSOGF's Shane Broderick, here taking a break from the rampant nudity and grind/power electronics that his main gig is so renowned for; with Corephallism, Broderick plies a heavier, more monstrous form of death industrial. Just dig that spikey black metal style logo that this disc sports on the cover, superimposed over a photo of some lass's fine gams. Definitely suggestive of some seriously bad thoughts going on here. What we get on this two track Ep is a punishing opener in the form of "Speaking In Tongues", a grinding slab of pitch-black terror that blasts beams of pure negative energy through fields of black hole ambience and symphonic strings drifting out of the abyss. It reminds us of Theologian a lot, as a matter of fact; anyone into Leech's signature black industrial (and the classic death-tronics of Atrax Morgue and Brighter Death Now) really should look into this. We might also be detecting some Gnaw Their Tongues influence in here as well, as this track blends together a similar evil orchestral majesty with massive levels of analogue synth-death. The other track, "These Scars Will Last a Lifetime", is more subdued and focuses on digital black ambience that becomes shattered by violent electrical hum, like the sound of a power generator blasting into the red while a pulsating drone seethes underneath the rumble, while way off in the background, weeping and howls of agony and terror can be heard. Man, this is seriously intense, and too damn short...we can't wait to hear more from this most promising new project. Comes in a miniature jewel case with full color artwork. Limited to three hundred copies.

Suffering Bastard - s/t - Cassette (Lascivious Aesthetics)
This super short Ep of new Suffering Bastard jams only clocks in at some six-odd minutes, but man, does this batch of new "songs" destroy! Not all that well known to folks outside of New England save for hardcore grindnoise fanatics, Suffering Bastard are nevertheless one of our favorite blast squads, and have been kicking around for around a decade now, dropping sledgehammer blasts of their dual-bass grindsludge and screaming harsh noise. For anyone into the most barbaric levels of skullcrush, this is immensely recommended. This tape on Lascivious Aesthetics (the label run by one of the guys from PE/grind provocateurs Twodeadsluts Onegoodfuck) delivers eight new tracks of their severely bestial and low-fi grind / sludge / harsh noise, a chaotic mess of primitive grindcore, sloppy supersonic blastbeats that sound like they are being played on garbage-filled trashcans, pulverizing bass riffs, and augmented with skin-crawling feedback drone. Most of this is mach-ten blast violence that borders on total noisecore, but the band throws in some punishing harsh noise/power electronics moves into the mix as well. The grind parts are chaotic blasting locomotive crush that becomes a shrieking mass of mechanical violence equal parts Sore Throat, harsh noise and (for a brief moment) NY deathdoom mutants Winter; in other words, this stuff is nasty, vicious enough to strip the paint right off your walls of your skull. Awesome. Limited to one hundred copies.

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