COLISEUM
No Salvation
(Relapse)

TERHEN
Eyes Unfolded
(Firebox)

OXBOW
The Narcotic Story
(Hydra Head)

THESE ARE:
Scare Tactics
(Hold True)

TOMAHAWK
Anonymous
(Ipecac)

CAPITAL
Homefront 

(Revelation)

GET BACK UP
Weathering the Storm

(Organized Crime)

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If you are in search of a fucked-up time, and I am talking like crazy long let’s trip our balls out time; meth, suspiciously strong Colombian coffee, Peruvian flake, circus freaks, Andre the Giant, Japanese Manga, hairy ladies, mole people and other nutty stuff included; then you might want to investigate this Philippine band.  Emigrated to the States with all the fucked-up memories of their native war-torn homeland and carrying over tons of bizarre baggage their mission is as simple as; ‘to shake us out of our complacency’.  If that’s all they want to do with us, then mission accomplished, because it takes just one track (any track) of Seize the Time to seriously run over our sanity and speed away with our wallets. Truly, Seize the Time is a test of endurance. If you get past the first four songs total derangement is guaranteed. And if you get past the 15 tracks included in this, the band’s second record, mental retardation awaits you.  Get your boxer shorts ready and take a cold bath ‘cause six or seven minutes into this record your neurons will be fried with so much spazz, grinding guitars, hysterical triple vocal attack, and herky-jerky hardcore. 

This is controlled chaos at its most expressive, totally excessive and utterly ridiculous. Thinking about it; it fits the times. And man, if you are into multi-culturalism and dug foreign languages; you might have one more reason to spend your cash on Flattbush. As the band drops lyrics in English, they do not stray too far away from their cultural roots and spill a few ones on Tagalog (along with English, Philipine’s co-official language) and Kapampangan (just one of the thirteen major languages of their country). 

Hints of Patton-esque school of vocals are clear throughout the album; and even during the most tamed track, the lounge-y “Community Organizer”; the vocals come quite close to the former Faith No More vocalist. The clear yet powerful production of former FNM bassist Billy Gould makes sense and does the record much justice. As is usually the deal with bands like this, all the melody and finesse quickly gives way to grinding speed, but placed right at the middle it provides for an efficient break.  Named after a 60’s Filipino band that was silenced for their political dissension; the band’s political lyrics also push the bands a bit towards the System of a Down camp, but think of Flattbush as a much more extreme, playful, untamed and just way way way fucked-up band.  

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