UNDERGROUND A&R REPORT

Will appear in Hellzine, August 2005
Current Issue

Various - 10 Ways To Split Thy Skull

100% dark grindcore underground metal, with true back metal thrown around in places. The CD is for putting on and getting pure fucking evil. Standouts include the rawness of Misery's first four cuts on disc two. They are a band that people usually like the more they listen, because at first it's like so much other minimalist metal, but believe me, this grows on ya. Majority of the pure brutal shit is on disc one (this package contains excellent multimedia and other fan based additives like bios and pictures of the bands), like british black metal gods Detrimentum whos offering "The First Three Circles Of Hell" could not be more torn up. It blasts through like death on parade. Godless give their usual fire breathing performances on their three song contribution, and rarely have I heard them better. Ulcerate are totally thrashed, sounding like a drunken demon orgy. India's MyndSnare provide some of the most enjoyable metal as disc one closes out. Their three songs are strong reminds of metal's past glories from the heydays of the early 80's first speed metal masters, but their blast beat mastery is a sub-genre of its own. From a metal stand point, this double CD set sampler is required, for those times when it absolutely must be fast, dark and deadly. A great selection of killer bands from around the metal underground. Contact: (terminal descent) eternalmindsect@aol.com http://terminaldescent.tripod.com