Unholy Grave - Unholy Bastards EP

What we have here is a chunk of grinding wax from one of the scene's purest purveyors of mental blasting noise. Little to my previous knowledge, Unholy Bastards is a live EP (that ol' chestnut!) but this time, I haven't stumbled onto some sucky live recording that sounds like it was taken by a camera phone. Honestly, apart from the odd bass-rumbles that show it was recorded in a live environment, it doesn't sound too dissimilar to the type of noize that Unholy Grave spew out on a regular basis, so I'm down with this slab of living, grinding, festering mass.

 

What goes along with this 7" is a cool little tour diary by Takaho (the UG vocalist), which details the group's mini tour across Japan with the band Little Bastards. Not much else I can really say I'm afraid, but this is really cool. This EP was brought to you by Agromosh Records in the USA and is limited to 1000 copies, 300 being on red wax.

 

Minch / Sloth - Split 7"

This clusterfuck of a record is a collaboration effort by Agromosh and My Cheap Ass Life. Ok, let's start with Sloth. I don't know what happened here. This is some whacked out shit. Sample-laden minimalistic noises and quirky sound effects meets drum machine metal and second rate black metal vocals. Add a hint of noisecore, and probably a fuckton of drugs, and you've got Sloth. 'Nuff said.

 

Minch on the other hand, use a dryer as one of their instruments. They are not that different from Sloth, perhaps the only difference is that Minch are taking PCP and speed when Sloth are on acid. Track 3 is a cheeky track called "Show Me Your Dong" sung to the tune of "Since You've Been Gone" by Rainbow. If you are not in the mood for fucking around, and you just want to get your kicks hard and fast, don't come anywhere near this split. If you're a big kid inside and like listening to grown men fuck around with their instruments then by all means get this.

 

PS I'm sorry but I can't find a decent link for this or ANY other good Sloth song on Youtube! Drastic times!