Wormrot - Rich (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover)
that’s right fuckers and it slays just the same
Wormrot - Abuse (2009)
this album came at an odd time for me, because i was on the end of killing grind due to overplaying the shit out of it. i had spent a summer slamming over the likes of phobia, kill the client and agoraphobic nosebleed, wasting away on thirty second spurts of pure ferocity and great fucking times.
i think this came album came at an oddly right time, maybe because of its pacing or just because it felt fresh to hear from Singapore that still possessed the brutality of Death Metal, but retained the speed and ego-eliminating grind of Wormrot. the record runs like oil through a fucking chainsaw. with songs titled Born Stupid, Fuck…I’m Drunk and Blasphemy My Ass there’s really no surprises here, its great fucking no bullshit grindcore
my one concern is the HxC “tough guy” voice that sneaks into some of the songs, there’s no need for that, stay sick with it. an overall great fucking album and a beacon of hope for truly heavy music. certainly not entry grindcore by any means, but a great treat to those who have admitted their love for the genre for a while
Cobra Noir - Abode The Dead (2005)
Abode The Dead was one of those albums that sits in my Itunes libary for months on end waiting to get listened to. When I did finally get round to listening to it I had completely forgotten everything about it. I was pleasantly surprised with what I found on hitting the play button.
One way to easily describe this album is to say that they sound ALLOT like Cursed, which isn’t surprising as Cursed very own Radwan Mouneh produced the beast. At a passing listening there is nothing particularly outstanding about Abode The Dead, but this repeated listens you can really appreciate the seemingly high level of musicianship each member puts out over these ten tracks. I can’t really put across how much this album just keeps growing on me with every listen.
To round up, if you like your hardcore to be as sludge and filthy as possible, then this come highly recommended.
Mewithoutyou - Silencer
Come and lead me to your bed
You gave me hope that I’d not lost her
And then thought it rather strange to see me smile-
as I don’t, I don’t do too much smiling these days.
Mewithoutyou - A —> B Life (2002)
part soundscape exploration, part vicious spoken word contest, Mewithoutyou’s debut album blew my expectations for an album I had only previously heard to as “Christian Screamo”. at the time that wasn’t such a bad thing to be called, bands like Underoath and Norma Jean were thriving well outside of their Conerstone festivals and into the ipod’s of every alternative teen at school. but this was something else that what i had previously been shown in this new, trend setting genre “christ-core” as breakdowns and fret tapping had been replaced with thoughtful ferocity and spiritual chanting that still seemed to flow like the red wine is professed to drink. although they do kinda pull the stereotypical “hidden track of silence and waiting” on the final track, it well worth the pause to hear a chorus of acoustics done right
A —> B Life is shining moment for music of my generation, because it most importantly was screaming for a reason. it is heartfelt and genuine from start to finish. it is always the experimental side project that seems to glow brighter and this is certainly the case for the freshmen entry for the exemplary millennia, post-hardcore band, Mewithoutyou
Welcome To Album Soup!
your guide to the music collection of two lovely individuals, prepare for the awesome
Welcome to Album Soup, the exploration of two music fanatics trying to make some sense of their music collections. Both monsieur-antichrist and coffindodger promise to make judgements, comments and most importantly recommendations. We'll be going through the entire alphabet, album by album and deciding which albums are worth our time or doomed to be deleted
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