Album: Satanic
Dystopia – Double Denim Shotgun Massacre
Label: No
Visible Scars
Satanic Dystopia are
one of those chupacabra bands, a rare find as they are a definitive early black
metal sounding band from back when Celtic Frost and Hellhammer were only on
tape, Venom on vinyl and tape, no Norwegian scene or sound existed yet, and
Quorthon was only known to a handful of folks. So what you get with the Double
Denim Shotgun Massacre is a heavy violent thrash black metal with horror,
exploitation, occult film themed lyrics of a great death/ grind album and even
hints of real industrial (no oontz oontz or synth/ keyboard) buzzing effects.
In other words a shitstorm of razor blade hail and caustic tones to a
thundering rhythm of addictive aggression that's sure to make crave the slash
and burn of this cassette.
Hailing from the
UK, and with a deep penchant for gratuitous violence as much as the exploitation
and horror film genres, Satanic Dystopia wage war on the senses and unload 8
hollow tip rounds of black thrashing metal that’s pretty hard, even for the
uptight “old school” snobby connoisseur to deny heartfelt appreciation of…and would you really fucking believe it…?
!!! We have those types in this type of metal realm now. And what’s even more
hilarious is that were Satanic Dystopia around in ’81 or ’85 they would have
been one of those glowing polished turds alongside Venom, Bathory, and the
Celtic Frost/Hellhammer output. People thought this stuff was noise and
talentless crap, even in many metal circles, but it turned out to simply be
tarnished gold that merely resembled a crusty fetid shit lump. So fuck the
superficial shit huffers that assumed flush this stuff than investigate it.
And if the cover
art and very Goddamn accurate description weren’t enough to give this release
some credibility to some still pinching pennies with their (tight) ass cheeks, it
also comes in a nice DVD case (pretty packaging always helps for some reason),
but because the sound is what ultimately matter most I’m posting videos below
for some of the highlights of this album.
Album: Tyrants of
Hell - Repulsive Worship
Label: WOHRT
This tape literally just arrived, about 20 minutes ago to be
exact, and I so quickly unwrapped it, shoved it into the player, cranked the
volume up to an ear bleed inducing decibel level and let it rip…AND indeed it
is. So far it’s a whole lotta
Deathstrike/Master hardcore infused death metal grime with a dirty little twang
of bass underneath the distortion haze, but I’m honestly getting a stinking
suspicion given the rattling bottom heavy thuds of rhythms and the overall
clamoring tirade that this is another Florida band like OV, IVES, Vomikaust,
etc.
Just looked it up and indeed I’m correct about the Florida
roots, but definitely not because they sound like the Primal Vomit bands I’d just
mentioned. Tyrants of Hell are
heavy, ugly, and muddy enough with the right aggressive punk scum tinges as
those awesome ragged shitstain bands do, but this Demo here is certainly more
of a very early thrash death metal infused with legit death grind (think
General Surgery, early Carcass) sort of thing. The vocals are more upfront
hardcore/thrash based, spewed and grunted, as opposed to guttural burps and
gargles, which makes me think early to mid-era Master and Deathstrike,
especially when served alongside these dense thrash rhythms which, although
still very distinctly hardcore derived carry the groove and push of fists and
slamming bodies, but with the mildewed grime thickener of tones that was early
death metal. So now with the meat and potatoes portion of this write-up
consumed I’ll start to belch up some of the afterthoughts (BTW, the tape is
already over).
Overall the Demo is a killer thrill. I really love that
early death metal sound that gave so many incredible bands a lot of directions
to move in as most of those bands did not all sound the same, before it became
Incantation one-offs and contrived bullshit. It’s not everyday, or in my case
every year or two that a good new death metal band comes along that works
perfectly with my tastes. I guess the only downside for some here then would be
the shortness of the Demo which clocks in at under 15 minutes, BUT before some
of you begin to squirm away let me inform you that it repeats on both sides so
it’s a double-sided sort of single-sided tape which gives almost a half-an-hour
of listening (laughs). Just think
of it as a necessary to own 7” but you don’t have to repeat it or flip it every
5 minutes.
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