So as far as I can tell VOMITFIST was a father/son project making some grindcore and then they got a vocalist. The father is a decent composer who teaches how to play Black Sabath on youtube as well as creating the Java music language. The son is in a band called space ass. The new vocalist is also in space ass. Either way I'm totally into grind so I'm excited for this. I hear they're pretty popular with kids in New York. They just released this EP in July and I'm sure you can get it from them on the internet or something.
In it's promo it's tagged as blackened gind but I'm not really getting the blackened part at all, I'll say it has more spazzy or thrashcore elements to it. The first five songs have the six minutes of dis-jointed chaos you would expect from a grind album. Fast time changes, jerking guitar riffs and quick song endings. Then starting with song#5 "Frogmen" this album really gets its groove, the songs are still a minute long but they start ripping. Track#8 "A public execution" is kind of thrashcore again, almost giving a Toxic Holocaust feel to it. Some of you might not like song names like "Ass Hammer" and "The Sacred Slut" but the songs are well crafted and in a way, catchy. "Broken" is a really great song, it has a good flow and dynamic to it that makes me want to put it on a playlist. The last song is called "Bloodfisher" and it's the only song I get any sort of black metal feel off of and it's only because of the guitar tone. And at three minutes long it's the epic of this album.
I like this album, it gives a lot of different things to the listener. There's the spazzy and the thrashy and as well some quick, catchy songs. I would even say there are songs with mainstream appeal but I am notoriously bad with knowing what mainstream appeal is. It's an easy listen for those with bad attention spans as most of the songs don't last two minutes but you get a lot in those two minutes. This band has only been doing things for less than two years I think, and they already have this put together. Makes me think there will be a lot more in the near future.
http://vomitfist.com
Tuesday 30 September 2014
Monday 29 September 2014
Kryosphere/Arrival of Autumn Victoria BC Sept 20th
September 20th The Cambie in Esquimalt
Showed up at The Cambie a little early and was one of the first people to get in there. Just in time for a cheap jug and some sound checks. Arrival of Autumn from Garnde Prarie was up first. None of them look like they can legally drink here. Despite how young I think they look they can put together a pretty decent song, in a catchy form of hard rock. Third song in and it's one off of their new album, it's not brutal or even that metal but it has a good riff. "Selfish Sanity" has that clean/harsh/clean vocal style that keeps getting more popular, does have some good soloing though. It was a Cancer Bats cover next and then their last song was their best. "There's no angels here" was what I think it was called and they put everything into it. All in all these kids seem to have their shit together.
Kryosphere upped the tempo a bit with their new school death metal sound. The turnout was unfortunetly small but the band still played a high energy show. Song after song they played hard for the small crowd. They went through the show with little banter but a lot of focus. Each song looked as if it was practiced well anf that the whole band was ready for the tour. After the show they even had a raffle where I won a giant fabric sticker I have no idea what I'm gonna do with.
I had a good time at the show and I think everyone else there did too. All 20 or so people there seemed to like both the bands and the sound came through well. It sucks that there wasn't more people there or maybe some local bands to help out.
http://www.arrivalofautumn.com
http://kryosphere.net
Showed up at The Cambie a little early and was one of the first people to get in there. Just in time for a cheap jug and some sound checks. Arrival of Autumn from Garnde Prarie was up first. None of them look like they can legally drink here. Despite how young I think they look they can put together a pretty decent song, in a catchy form of hard rock. Third song in and it's one off of their new album, it's not brutal or even that metal but it has a good riff. "Selfish Sanity" has that clean/harsh/clean vocal style that keeps getting more popular, does have some good soloing though. It was a Cancer Bats cover next and then their last song was their best. "There's no angels here" was what I think it was called and they put everything into it. All in all these kids seem to have their shit together.
Kryosphere upped the tempo a bit with their new school death metal sound. The turnout was unfortunetly small but the band still played a high energy show. Song after song they played hard for the small crowd. They went through the show with little banter but a lot of focus. Each song looked as if it was practiced well anf that the whole band was ready for the tour. After the show they even had a raffle where I won a giant fabric sticker I have no idea what I'm gonna do with.
I had a good time at the show and I think everyone else there did too. All 20 or so people there seemed to like both the bands and the sound came through well. It sucks that there wasn't more people there or maybe some local bands to help out.
http://www.arrivalofautumn.com
http://kryosphere.net
Sunday 7 September 2014
Display of Decay-Outbreak of Infection
DISPLAY OF DECAY is a four-piece metal band from Edmonton. They are mostly doing old school death metal but that comes with splashes of thrash and doom. They have been around for seven or eight years now and have come out with their third release which is "Outbreak of Infection". A tour is underway so they can build on their already great live reputation. In the past they have already shared the stage with Origin and The Faceless.
It all starts easily enough with "Born of Rot" and about 30 seconds in you'll notice the bass, it just kind of sticks out a bit. For a first track it kind of shows all the different aspects of the band, little bits here and there. They hit their stride with the third song "Praise the Gore". It has a good pace and riff and gutterals that totally fit the song and subject matter. This continues at a quicker pace for the next song. Quick drumming mixed with good guitar interplay all covered in gutteral grunts and growls. Some good soloing and a riff just tops it off. They end of this whole thing with a great chunk of death n roll aptly named "Black Diamond" It's just a really well written song that I can see getting some heavy play at parties.
For a small death metal band from Edmonton I think these guys have put together a pretty decent album. It's only five songs long but I think it's good that they're getting more music out there. There's some good guitar work and drumming on this album, and I really do like the solid gutterals. A lot of death metal these days doesn't really have vocals like this, kind of reminds me of Broken Hope or Gorgasm. The bass is also noticeable in the mix in more than a few points, like with say Beyond Creation. If I had to pick a favorite song on this one it has to be "Black Diamond". That's a song I'm already thinking about listening to again.
Michael F Carnage
http://www.displayofdecay.net/
It all starts easily enough with "Born of Rot" and about 30 seconds in you'll notice the bass, it just kind of sticks out a bit. For a first track it kind of shows all the different aspects of the band, little bits here and there. They hit their stride with the third song "Praise the Gore". It has a good pace and riff and gutterals that totally fit the song and subject matter. This continues at a quicker pace for the next song. Quick drumming mixed with good guitar interplay all covered in gutteral grunts and growls. Some good soloing and a riff just tops it off. They end of this whole thing with a great chunk of death n roll aptly named "Black Diamond" It's just a really well written song that I can see getting some heavy play at parties.
For a small death metal band from Edmonton I think these guys have put together a pretty decent album. It's only five songs long but I think it's good that they're getting more music out there. There's some good guitar work and drumming on this album, and I really do like the solid gutterals. A lot of death metal these days doesn't really have vocals like this, kind of reminds me of Broken Hope or Gorgasm. The bass is also noticeable in the mix in more than a few points, like with say Beyond Creation. If I had to pick a favorite song on this one it has to be "Black Diamond". That's a song I'm already thinking about listening to again.
Michael F Carnage
http://www.displayofdecay.net/
Justin Symbol-Control
JUSTIN SYMBOL is a industrial/EDM artist from NYC or more specifically, he's from Brooklyn. He's been getting a lot of attention in the New York alternative club scene as industrial music gets more popular again. I guess everyone is starting to find Skinny Puppy again. He has a three song single released now before a full length comes out a little later in the fall.
First thing I noticed was that this is not what I think of when I think of industrial, I guess I think that genre is a little harsher and louder. I guess we can just call this electronic. The first track is "Control" and it starts off all synthy. It's kind of catchy and I like it. The lyrics have an angsty feel of anti-authority. Next is "Killing an Arab". It's a short song with a harder sound and a more political theme going on it it, I had to repeat this one a few times. Lat up is "Shooting stars" and I think this is a great ending. It has a really good hook to it and flows from start to end with lyrics that most can agree with and sing along to.
All in all it's pretty good for a quick little single pack. I don't regret listening to this a few times over in a row. I'm no expert on electronic music but ten to fifteen years ago I was stealing drugs and sneaking into underground clubs and music like this could have been the soundtrack to that. And for that I like it
Michael F. Carnage
First thing I noticed was that this is not what I think of when I think of industrial, I guess I think that genre is a little harsher and louder. I guess we can just call this electronic. The first track is "Control" and it starts off all synthy. It's kind of catchy and I like it. The lyrics have an angsty feel of anti-authority. Next is "Killing an Arab". It's a short song with a harder sound and a more political theme going on it it, I had to repeat this one a few times. Lat up is "Shooting stars" and I think this is a great ending. It has a really good hook to it and flows from start to end with lyrics that most can agree with and sing along to.
All in all it's pretty good for a quick little single pack. I don't regret listening to this a few times over in a row. I'm no expert on electronic music but ten to fifteen years ago I was stealing drugs and sneaking into underground clubs and music like this could have been the soundtrack to that. And for that I like it
Michael F. Carnage
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