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SKRATCH THE SURFACE REVIEW

BUG - FORM TO A SCAB. An extreme/noise kinda thing that sort of blurs metal and hardcore, I'm receiving a hell of a lot of stuff like this lately. Luckily though, BUG managed to keep me more interested than a lot of other bands have. Not as immediate as say, Raging Speedhorn, but there are a few little twists n turns, and at times a decent riff where I wasn't expecting it. Opening track 'Hope and Empathy' is one of the better tunes on here, a distorted mid-tempo groove, broken up by a quick chorus. Nice touch. My only gripes with this CD are that, the vocals get boring after a while and at times the band seem to sell themselves short, track 3 '...To Kill A Man..(transcendence Of the Self)' for example. The latter part of the tune is quality, with some nice changes and variation in riffs, whereas confusingly, the start fo the song leading up to this is based around 2 simplistic riffs, and it is hard to stay interested. The last couple of tracks 'Forming' and 'Manipulation' are both cool and feature some nice guitar work. For a demo its pretty well packaged too - there seems to be some sort of concept to it with some strange song titles and a written quote thing on the back about mankind maltreating mankind etc. But speaking purely musically, overall not a bad dose of metallic noise.7/10

ORGAN REVIEW

BUG demo "FORM TO A SCAB" - Okay, so you don't want to be picking at this bugbite too much, scabs can turn nasty... Who are Bug? They're a rather brutally scathingly heavy band from Rotherham who you'll want to be checking our rather quickly if you're in to the more abrasively intense side of underground musical life - think things like Medulla Nocte, P>S>P, Morbid Angel, Slayer. A well recorded, rather satisfyingly raw and blistered six track demo - what more do you need to know, yet another rather promising brutal metal band to go check out right now - it's a beautiful world, now off you go to www.oocities.org/dotbug2000 and come back when you've finished.

Biting Bullets Review

BUG - 'Form To A Scab' - On opening this cd, I was informed by its sender that the band had been directed to us by Godstone who said that 'This is the place to be….' Well as with most things in life a little flattery will get you everywhere, and indeed it made me feel quite warm inside for a few seconds. It is also good to report that Bug, despite a name that is more than a little shitty actually are rather good. Not really my usual listen as they seem to be intend on a sludgey noisefest that features down tuned riffery and gut wrenching vocals. Tracks like opener 'Hope And Empathy' and the thrashy 'Motivation For The Cruel' are pretty interesting, but the whole thing is slightly let down by a rather dull production job, but then again this is only a demo right and maybe I am being a little cruel when I say things like that. If you like your Thrashy, blood gurgling vocals and Brutal concept ala old school, then Bug will be right up your street.

Intoxicated Review

BUG : Form To A Scab (Format CD / Trax 6) : "The sole aim of making ugly music for ugly people." claim the band on the back of their CD and, y'know what, having listened to the vile noise coming from this CD, I'd put money on these guys being four real ugly fuckers (that's a compliment by the way). This is sick, downtuned, rumbling vilecore. These songs are anthems for despair, real despondant, emotion draining sounds that will make you feel depressed. Bug is the voice of four people getting every ounce of despair out of their bodies and it makes for a thoroughly unpleasant yet strangely enjoyable listen. [8/10] Graham Finney

Over Driven 'Zine Review

BUG - FORM TO A SCAB Reviewer - Byron Contact - dotbug2000@yahoo.co.uk 6 tracks, from what I can make out these are taken from two different recording sessions, with the sixth track being a remix of a track from a previous release. The cover is fairly low-fi in appearance, although the ideas are very much there, and it's good to have the lyrics presented in the inlay, especially given the vocal style employed by Bing. Anyway, onto the important part - the music. Ah, the music. Try to build a mental image of a load of rusted metal being slowly torn apart and pushed into human flesh. Now imagine the ideal soundtrack - slow, metallic, dark and strangely enthralling.. First track 'Hope and Empathy' comes straight in with a downtuned, grinding riff which gives way to a more constrained heaviness behind the first vocals. I should say now that this makes Raging Speedhorn sound almost cheerful, and evokes the same kind of dispair as Neurosis at their most miserable. There are some beautiful chords being combined, and the band sounds as though there is no hurry to progress to the next section of the song - this works well in giving the music a very intense, claustrophobic atmosphere. Second track up is another 5-minute slab of noise, slightly more upbeat (if you can describe it as that) with the snare doing a lot more of the work in leading the song. To some extent I can detect influences from modern mainstream metal such as Will Haven, Nailbomb (especially in the rhythmic use of the downtuned guitars), but the overall feel of this CD is very much metallic hardcore, with a very deep, dark theme running through it. Tracks 3 + 4 sound less well-produced, but are great tracks nonetheless. More of the nailbomb feel coming through on these, and they are a lot faster with some nice (if a little loose) double bass drum work. The instrumental 4th track is a nice inclusion, but it's track 5, 'Forming', which really brings things back up to form, with a great sequence of drawn-out chords over some powerful screams which in a way hint at Skycamefalling-esque intensity (although slower and darker still). I have yet to see this band live, but if they can reproduce a decent amount of this atmosphere on stage, I would expect it to be one fucking brutal experience. Get this, make sure all sharp objects are out of reach and play at extreme volumes.