Underground reviews
DEPRESY
EXHUMED
INGROWING
HERMAPHRODIT
BRUTAL TRUTH:
- Extreme conditions demand extreme responses '92
- Need to control '94
- Kill trend suicide '96
- Sounds of the animal kingdom '97

DEPRESY (SK)
-A Grand Magnificence MCD-
-Shindy Productions/Immortal Souls Productions-
This is not my CD...I borrowed it from a friend. I only have a demo from these guys called ...and there came the tears with Christ. And what else am I going to say? Well, the demo was a fine piece of atmospheric/melodic/brutal Death metal. Cool, but the new (it is old nearly 1 year, but so what???) stuff is much much much much much better!!! Totally original!!! I'm really proud to have such a great & original band in Slovakia!!! This is just a mini-CD, so there are only 4 songs in here (on the CD version there is the whole ...and there came the tears with Christ stuff as a bonus!) & one of them is a Hypocrisy coverversion. In my opinion, the best song is Try not to breathe (If you want, check out my MP3 website...it will be there very soon!), but all of them are just great!!! Really...Depresy is one of the best Melodic Death metal bands in the world!!! About the lyrics: The band occupy herself with really mystical & occult lyrics, sometimes there is a satanic or anti-christian feeling. The summary: This is a great album...I was really surprised! Also the lyrics are cool...I don't think that gore or social stuff would fit in the atmosphere of this album...by the way the atmosphere is genial!!! Also the album cover is very atmospheric. Hey...the new Depresy stuff will be out in summer '99...so check it out!!! For more info ask Martin of Shindy prod. (his e-mail is in the links section).
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EXHUMED (USA)
-Gore Metal-
-Relapse Records-
Gooooooooorrrrreeeee!!!!!! This album is totally filled with gore! When you look at the uncensored cover, you can see a very nice kitchen. Everywhere are guts & pieces of human flesh...the funniest thing is a human head in a microwave-oven...hehe...& not to forget...walls & furniture are covered with blood...In front of it all, there is a hand with the biggest chainsaw, I've ever seen...of course there are intestines & other entrails all over it...Ed Gein or Albert Fish would be proud...hehe! But let's go to the music. Well, there are 13 songs of pure Gore Grinding Death metal here. One of 'em Sodomy & lust is a Sodom coverversion. The music is very brutal, fast & blasting. There is only one band, I'd compare this stuff to...Carcass! Yeah, these guys are probably their best followers (...with Haemorrhage of course)...there are songs which could easily be on the Symphonies of sickness album & some passages are like from Heartwork...really! But that's only a simile, this band doesn't copy Carcass at all...it just has a similar feeling & sometimes also the sound. Besides, this band is more brutal than Carcass! The singer uses dual (yes!) vocals...screams & one of the best growls I've ever heard! The lyrics are gory of course...not pathological & stuff...gore as a fuck!!!
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INGROWING (CZ)
-Cyberspace-
-Shindy Productions & Tentamen Records-
One of the best CZ bands has finally released a full-length CD!!! This guys have really deserved it, 'cause before this CD, they've released many split tapes, tapes & 7"EPs + 1 split CD with another CZ band Deflorace. The band plays great quite technical DeathGrind. Mainly fast stuff with lots of blasts, but also some slower passages...The singer is mainly using growls (effected sometimes), but sometimes there are also some cool screams. There are 11 songs in here, the last one is a bastartized version of the song Perpetual. It is played on acoustic guitars, with some industrial atmosphere...There are also 2 songs (Cyberspace floats through me & Sexual Inferiority) from the Ingrowing/Haemorrhage 7"EP, but in here they are played bit faster...I haven't read the lyrics yet, so I don't know what are they about, but from the titles it looks like, that the band is using some kind of strange, maybe bit mystical lyrics...maybe!!! The booklet & artwork are very nice & really professional. The photos are really suitable for the whole concept...
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HERMAPHRODIT (CZ)
-Fekal Party (Faecal Party)-
-Epidemie Records-
I'm really happy that Martin/Epidemie rec. has released this CD. There are two remastered Hermaphrodit demos from years '93 & '94 in here...1st one is called Fekal party ('94) & the 2nd one is called  . Let's start with the Fekal party demo: This stuff is really great! Great ideas & very well played!!! I'd be a pity not to release such a great stuff on a CD, 'cause this stuff is too good to be released only as a demo... The band plays technical DeathGrind with quite a lot of Thrash influences. Cool! The best song is McDonalds...as I've already said in the Hermaphrodit 7"EP review...also check out the same review to read my opinion on their lyrics, 'cause I won't write it again...I've nearly forgotten, that there are some funny intros in here made by the members of the band...really funny stuff! As a bonus there is the whole  demo in here...This stuff is bit older than Fekal party & is not that good. It is more in the Death metal vein...not so original, but it is still good...I don't know what else should I write about it, 'cause this is a classical Hermaphrodit stuff & I'd only write the same things...Once again Epidemie has done a great work!!! The booklet is nice with lyrics, biography & photos...the cover looks like, if it was drawn by a child....
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NEXT: Lunatic Gods - Sitting by fire, Wayd - The ultimate passion, Siax - Land of stones, Cock & ball torture - Cocktales, Gore is your master compilation CD

My favourites:

BRUTAL TRUTH (USA)
-Extreme conditions demand extreme responses '92-
-Earache Records-
Brutal Truth started its carrer as a brutal & really fast DeathGrind band. It was formed by the former Anthrax, S.O.D. & Nuclear Assault bassist Danny Lilker. Other guys on this CD were Scott Lewis - drums, Gurn - guitar & Kevin Sharpe - vocals. From the beginning 'til the end the music on this CD is fast with only few slower passages. Many critics didn't like it very much & they've criticized this BT way. I don't have any bad words for it & it is not bad (not at all), when a band plays fast! I'm sure, that were some assholes from Kerrang & stuff, who think that the best metal band is Oasis... By the way, all of the members are very skilled with their instruments!!! The lyrics of the band are 'bout social/political problems, religions & all filth of this world... OK, that's probably it for this one... My favourite songs are: Stench of prophet/profit, Ill neglect & Denial of existence.
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BRUTAL TRUTH (USA)
-Need to control '94-
-Earache Records-
Need to control....my favourite BT album! Everything is opened by a very heavy & slow song - Collapse. Maybe it's a bullshit, but I have a little suspicion, that guys have written this slow song to show to the critics, that they can also play/create slow songs. But after the end of this song, they don't care about anything again & they show the real face of BT...fast & insane! Upcoming songs are totally fast & brutal!!! Yes! Well, not all of  'em, 'cause sometimes there are also some industrial or psycho songs. From the feeling of the music, it looks like that guys started to smoke pot a lot!!! By the way on this recording, they have a new drummer - Rich Hoak...he's probably even faster than the old drummer!!! On this recording, we can also hear 2 guest vocalsits - Bill Yurkiewitz (Exit 13) & Mike (Eyehategod). Lyrics are of course still the same... My favourite songs are: Black door mine, Turn face, Godplayer, I see red, Media blitz & Choice of a new generation.
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BRUTAL TRUTH (USA)
-Kill trend suicide MCD '96-
-Relapse Records-
This 3rd CD of the band is BT's most insane stuff! This recording is extremely aggressive & with this recording BT showed to all the fuckers, who've been criticizing their fast music a big "Fuck off!" Although 99% of humanity would say, that this is just noise, the music is very original! For example, I've never heard a saxophone in such music before!!! Although this is just a MCD, it is quite long. There are 10 songs in here + a noise bonus, where all of the members have nearly damaged their instruments!!! Brutal! On this CD, the music started to be bit influenced by some other styles like HC & noise, etc... But this was just a beginning, on the next album the music is influenced by even more styles! My favourite songs are: Blind leading the blind, Zombie & I killed my family.
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BRUTAL TRUTH (USA)
-Sounds of the animal kingdom '97-
-Relapse Records-
This CD is one of the biggest & best projects in the history of extreme music! As I've already said in the Kill trend suicide review, the music on this album is influenced, by many styles. It is mainly Grind core of course, but we can also hear some HC, Death, Black (!!!) & Thrash passages in here!!! There are also some non-metal/core songs songs in here. Some Psycho or Industrial stuff + the last song Prey. Prey is a more than 20 minutes long song. Exactly, as Rich Hoak said in the interview, "Prey consists of a 2 second blast in 7/7 time that we sampled from the middle of Average people and looped over 600 times." It is a very traumatic experience to hear to that song 'til the end!!! :-) Unfortunately, this is the last CD of BT, 'cause as you probably know, BT has split-up! I'm really curious, what would come next, how'd be the next BT album like... My favourite songs are: K.A.P., Vision, Fisting, Dead smart, It's after the end of the world.
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NEXT: Macabre - Sinister Slaughter, Cripple Bastards - Your lies in check, Agathocles - Black clouds determinate