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Background Check: Disflesh is a crusty and thrashy
Spanish two piece formed in 2003. They have three demos
released by 9mm Productions and have been included in a
Spanish compilation titled Spain Kills Vol. 07:
Grindcore. Members have names like 9mm and B52 and have
been part of projects like Ominous, Darkness By Oath and
Gory Delivery.
Slugfeast is
a two piece from Catalonia that unfortunately has already called
it quits. Bassist and vocalist Antonio used to be in a band with
the coolest moniker ever; Evil Anus. Not to be left behind,
guitarist, drum programmer and vocalist Josferatum used to be in
a band called Der Führer Des Schattens. Does anyone speak
German? This is their only recording as Slugfeast.
How About
the Cover? Black and white photo of nine suits donning very
fashionable gas masks. Huge gas/oxygen tanks in the back and a
newspaper title in the background that reads; 'War Would Be
Disastrous'. Very crusty indeed. And appropriate with the
thematic of the bands.
What’s It
Like? The first twelve cuts belong to Disflesh. The metal in
their crust surfaces in the form of melodic guitar solos and
totally jumpy and thrashy moments like three quarters of “When
Nations Fall” where the band alternates between somewhat Swedish
melodic death metal moments and the constancy of crust punk. The
formula works and it doesn’t and it may be the great divider.
Some might say ‘too metal’, others will say, ‘this is too
crusty’. I will say, saying either is ‘too idiotic’.
Disflesh is
at its best when they are direct. “Make Your Grave” is excellent
because their punk lacks all pretension and is utterly visceral
and of course, short. “Bombs of Peace” could have been OI!, or
it could have been just British punk. Was vocalist B52 less of a
gruff throat and was the guitar a bit less chunky, this would
have been just punk. Their best track is called “Doomsday” and
it shows what this band does best; play good punk rock and
embellish it with a crusty treatment. From the live wire feeling
of the guitars to the roughness of the vocals. The song “Chain
Reaction” sucks. It should have been axed. The vocals have this
echo effects that gives it a black metallish feel. That’s not
what sucks, but the drums certainly do.
Note to the band; Just because you record
a bunch of tunes doesn’t mean you have to release them all.
Slugfeast
sing in Spanish but you will not even notice. The voice is
guttural as fuck. Slugfeast’s style is as deep and purging as an
elephant’s bowel movement. They play death metal with grindcore
touches. I would definitely take some points away from the final
score for the horrible drum programming, which surprisingly,
takes the soul away from a genre that’s supposed to be very
distanced from the word ‘lively’.
Slugfeast
sounds like Mortician 2.0. In other words, their tunes are
better worked and more sophisticated. At least these men are
trying hard with some cool D beat riffs (“Alimentado a Base de
Cadaveres”) and also some mental regressions to the point of
utter retardation, like the slow masochism of “Putrefaccion en
el Nombre de Cristo”. I like the song titles, “Cerveza y
Muertos Vivientes” (“Beer and the Living Dead”), “Gusano de
Cementerio” (“Cemetary Worm”), “Sangre Para el Monstruo” (“Blood
for the Monster”).
How Much
is It Worth? Every other hardcore fan sports a metal shirt
these days. So this split may fly like an eagle. Actually, that
may work for Disflesh, but Slugfeast are a far more acidic
proposition. Both bands have their easy moments though and
neither is entirely foreign to melody. The same fact makes the
end result very uneven.
Disflesh MySpace
Slugfeast MySpace
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