Alcoholocaust!

BESTIAL WARLUST – Blood & Valour (1994)
GOAT SEMEN VS. ANAL VOMIT – Devotos del Diablo (2004)
Decided to lump all three of these purveyors of cataclysmic scuzz together– and for good reason: Although hailing from different metallic generations and locales, all of ‘em are sub-contractors in Thee House That Sarcófago Built. And they’re hardly the only [...]

I Always Maim to Please

SLAUGHTER (CAN) – Strappado (1986)
One-Two… FUCK YOU!!!
Oh yessss… this HAD to happen. How could I not present to y’all in all its unrestrained, bloody-knuckled fury thee proto-death metal monster that is “Strappado”??! 22 years on and I still feel the adrenaline charging through my innards, making me a slave to thee thrashing madness contained on [...]

Short Sharp Shocks Revisited

PAINTBOX (Jpn) – Singing Shouting Crying (1999)
{First off, I must confess I haven’t been in the mood to write at all lately– so I’m gonna give y’all a Reader’s Digest version this time around.}
Expertly executed Motörthrash/Burning Spirits-style hardcore featuring the late, great Chelsea on guitar–whom you should remember from thee most excellent Death Side. Paintbox [...]

To Muthas on Mother’s Day

HELLCHILD – Tribute Medley (1999)
Japan’s Hellchild were thee epitome of “punk-metal” in the best sense of the term. That is, they combined the feral intensity of the former with the chunky, sophisticated riffing of the latter. You will not be subjected to anything remotely resembling that infernal screamo bullshit– no floppy bangs, no warmed-over At [...]

Kick to Kill

TEST DEPT. – Beating the Retreat (1984)

Being a New World Man of thee Kanück Mütt persuasion, I have little to no grasp of the British class system. As far as I can figger– at least where it is applied to underground musicians– is that one should be “working class,” not speak with a “posh accent” [...]