Diarrhea Anointment- Unrelenting Minority Assault 2016

                                                                                                           Released September 5, 2016


Diarrhea Anointment

Unrelenting Minority Assault

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Notes I took:

• Edgy. Without deviating from its primal Noise roots, the album has an obvious edgy factor. The beloved experimental “glitch” like timing alongside impeccable mixing and mastering have been utilized to bring us an almost angry flavored album.

The material gains a notable brutality component not only in energy but instrumentally. There were several times a respectable blast beat was dropped; the whole works. There was even a special guest appearance from Bucket of Cummings. Another thing that really solidified a singular theme for me on the album was constant frustrated yelling. And I don’t mean like melodic yelling, but like as if someone was entirely fed up with their life and desperately needed relief.

• Themed commotion. This band really has a way of making abstract art that is outstanding in its field, and this album makes its own waves by being a little bit dark. Although the material sticks to its elemental Noise core, I couldn’t help but pick up on a constant agitated demeanor. I mean, with an album name like “Unrelenting Minority Assault” featuring track titles like “Christopher Reeves's Pet Squawking Nigger Beast”, I leave it to the individual listener to exhibit some artistic license. After all, this may be too Avant Garde for you; this album has this strange 1990’s grunge noir thing going on to me.

Overall. This was a fun listen. I personally dig this type of work because it is truly unpredictable by every sense of the word; this material left me with a peculiar feeling. Like, if I were to imagine this album as a living person I picture them pissed off and wearing a flannel, wishing they had a cigarette.

Infecting the Swarm- Abyss 2016

                                                                                                Released September 9th, 2016
                                                                                                       Lacerated Enemy Records
Infecting the Swarm

Abyss


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Notes I took:

• Level: Expert. Right off the bat it was apparent that these musicians were not beginners.  One of the most prominent things was the intent placed in this album. Each member sounds clearly well practiced and comfortable in their craft which resulted in a richly substantial album. 

• Attend ability. There was something about this album that made it really moshable.  I felt like I could see myself in this pit. Aside from the flawless delivery of this material, the material itself is highly interactive itself. By that I mean, it does make you want to move around and get buck. This material isn’t very breakdown oriented and that nonstop live wire energy makes for a outstanding show.

• Blended. I had picked up early on in the album that there was more than one thing going on with this taste profile. It was complex but not unbalanced. However it wasn’t so complex it was bitterly obscure in anyway. Musicians are people at the end of the day and we all have different interests, so with that in mind I started to pick up on each personality. They all had a mutual level of brutality and they all brought their own personal dishes to the studio potluck. There were a couple obvious genre energies that were consistent throughout the album: brutal death metal, thrashy grind, and slam. The album as a whole is easily comparable to the harmony of high end blended whisky, like that of Dimple Pinch. 

• Vocals. The catalyst to the “expert” demeanor was the vocalist. He sounded very natural on the mic, like he was right at home. The slam aspect of the material I kept noticing was undoubtedly from the front man. The real big thing to catch my attention was the unmistakable growl. His guttural was as deep, or abysmal, as they come; he stayed comfortably in the low range of the duration of the album. Coinciding with his tone was his excellent line delivery. He kept it slam with pure angry chanting and long earth shaking growls.

• Guitars were a trip. I was in love with them the whole time. Adding to the dexterity were displays of solid technicality between shredding scales and time switch ups. They ranged from grind to thrash in tone the whole album. The grind to trash motif continued with the guitars in timing as well bouncing between fast chugging and charming little riffs. Majority of the energy in this album is generated by the guitars restless and fast thrashing and chugging. Even during bridges there wasn’t much of a break in pace. Personally, I can dig it.

• Drums. The other big contribution to the “expert” outfit was percussion.  The timing was immaculate from start to end, he sounded very well practiced. The drums are where I was picking up this deathcore vibe, it could have quite possibly been the dedication to perfect hummingbird double kicks. It was also more blast beat centered too, and that could also be what was giving me this deathcore feel.

• On a separate note, I did want to mention that I thought that the drums could have been a little more present. All the mixing and mastering was quite on point the entire album, I just personally thought the drums didn’t pop like they could have.

Overall. I thought the album was solid. I was very impressed by the diversity and more impressed by the execution. For being so busy they manage to tie it together in such a lovely way. Like I said, I would love to see this material preformed live.