Last Days Of Humanity / FUBAR - Split 9"

So, so, so stoked for the return (yet again lol) of Last Days Of Humanity, and the return to the gurgling madness we all know and love. This return is somewhat low key, but I guess it fits with dropping new shit on a split. I believe the music on here was recorded some time ago, and that the vokills have been provided recently. It is good shit though, glad to have 'em back!

FUBAR (or is that F.U.B.A.R.) have been around for yonks but I am useless with this shit so I haven't had a proper listen to these guys since I heard the split with Catheter many moons ago. Their material here seems to have a lot more of a hardcore punk kinda influence than I remember, but this is solid stuff that I need to check out more of!

Out on Poland's excellent Fat Ass Records

Rompeprop - Gargle Cummics

Ah, Rompeprop! Surely, listening to this band is one of the finer things in life. I don't think there's a song in the entire universe that can put me as quickly into party mode as "Quackquack" can (except maybe "Int(I)Ro(L)" from the previous record). Boasting one of the sickest and most amazing pitchshifted vocal styles in the history of life, Dutch goregrind groove masters return for their 3rd long player. A slight line up shift aside, Rompeprop just carry on what they did with Menstraul Stomphulk and Hellcock's Pornflakes...reducing you to a twist-dancing, comically-dressed spacktard who wants to fly to the Czech Republic every July and dance in a field with other comically-dressed spackers. 

The second track "Foreskin Fart" is a touch on the slow side, but the puzzlingly-titled "Pikzwarteflikkerkak" is a lot faster and upbeat, with an insane groove. "Gr(e)Indhoven" is another stone cold Rompeprop classic with epic amounts of chuggy goodness. "Horrible Hangover" tells the tale of the price one pays for too much dancing in fields in the old Eastern Block. The icing on this 16 track cake of gory goodness is the inclusion of a cover-version of the song "Born to be Wild", with the name (and lyrics) changed to "Porn to be Wild" in true Rompeprop fashion. You simply haven't lived if you haven't heard this rock'n'roll classic sang through a fucking pitchshifter.

Gargle Cummics is a well-rounded, super-fun take on the punishing goregrind sound. If there is ever an instant "in-road" to this kinda shit without trudging through a maze of metal sub-genres first, then I think Rompeprop could be the link. I've yet to see Rompeprop live; something which I need to sort out sooner rather than later. Out on Fat Ass Records and Bizarre Leprous Productions, and limited to only 500 pieces. Blergh!

Porn to be Wiiiiiiiiild!

Last Days Of Humanity - The Sound Of Rancid Juices Sloshing Around Your Coffin

Oh wow, on first impressions this album sounds absolutely huge on vinyl. There is definitley a depth of tone that CDs just cannot hit, no matter how crystal clear digital production can get. I don't dislike the CD format like some die-hard vinyl fans; I think that certain music is better suited to certain formats. It all depends on the nuisances and over-all sound the band is trying to achieve, I think. This is one of the pitfalls of the modern-day vinyl renaissance; I think that a lot of stuff that is ending up on "deluxe" vinyl really shouldn't be there. That's my two cents, at least!

 

Back to the record at hand; Last Days Of Humanity are an absolute testament to the development of the goregrind genre through the ninities and into the new millenium. Their dank and heavy sound is reminescent of a more classic underground death metal approach, but the song structures and those fucking acrid vocals make sure that things stay firmly lodged in the goregrind ballpark. I don't think Rancid Juices.... has ever sounded so good; this is surely related to what I was saying about certain things belonging to certain formats?

 

I suppose it helps that the album got the remaster and repress treatment thanks to Poland's Fat Ass Records, but still, it sounds fantastic on wax. Speaking of Fat Ass, fucking get a copy of this shit right now! Out of a variety of colours, but it's probably worth mentioning that the colour I have here is limited to one copy only...which I am totally proud and chuffed to pieces about owning. U jelly?

Wormrot / I Abhor - Split 7"

I Abhor are a weird mixture of sounds. Slow, dissonant riffs lead into unbelievably fast blasting grind; the drumming really is something you must all hear! The vocals are distorted and hellish a la the sound used on earlier Pig Destroyer records, only not as high; the singer utilizes mainly lows in his delivery. I Abhor are kinda similar to Wormrot in a way; they both peddle the same grinding mix of excellent riffing and flat out blasting.

 

Wormrot on side B contribute 8 (yes!) tracks to the 7". Opener "Twelve" is bloody hilarious, before "Critical Human Stupidity" blows your fucking head off like it was nobody's business. The production here betrays to me that these songs are from the same sessions as the Abuse album, or at least that's what it sounds like to me! 

 

For a grindcore band, Wormrot haven't really done that many splits, which is odd (but great for me as I have literally everything they have released, barring the odd demo tape or two). Anyways this 7" was put out by Fat Ass Records in Poland and is truly excellent as fuck. I recommend!

Dead Infection / Haemorrhage - Split 7"

Okay. I'm confused with this Dead Infection side here. What the hell is the furniture obsession thing about? The artwork, instead of some putrefying gore, is a table and chairs. The songs, instead of your usual goregrind fodder, are all about furniture. What the hell have these guys been smoking / snorting / injecting? Nevertheless, the music here is top form and Dead Infection blast and chug through some dank grindcore for us all. Have these guys had a line up change? I don't recognise the vocalist's name. Fuck knows. I'm very stupid sometimes.

 

Haemorrhage are one of those bands that always escape me. I have a few splits with them on now but I've never actively gone seeking them out, and I have yet to hear a full length record by them, which is a bit daft considering they are pretty much awesome as fuck. Here are three more reasons for me to download everything this band has ever done and then slowly purchase all the records over a two year period. That is what normally happens! (inb4 "download is wrong, mmm'kay?")

 

This record has been out for a few years now and has been eluding me up until this point so I am glad to finally get my hands on it. Out on Fat Ass Records, an excellent label from Poland.