Slimewave #2 - Cripple Bastards / Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition

This is Slimewave issue #2, featuring Cripple Bastards and Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition. As always with Relapse's Slimewave Series, it's strictly limited to 1000 pieces. This is number 379 of 900 on white/blue splatter; the other 100 being the usual clear pressing that Relapse always does.

Cripple Bastards' side isn't entirely different from a lot of their later stuff, but that in no way implies that it isn't any good; it's relentless blasting grind at it's best. Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition I'm not too familiar with outside of this split. They offer a death-metal-tinged approach to their grinding sound. It makes me think of early 90s Napalm Death but with lower, more brutal death metal vocal styles.

Slimewave #4 - Japanische Kampfhorspiele / Bathtub Shitter - Split 7"

Slimewave #4 featuring Japanische Kampfhorspiele & Bathtub Shitter. Limited to 1000 copies on Relapse Records. 900 on white/orange haze and 100 on clear, as per Relapse tradition. This here copy is number 159 of 1000.

Bathtub Shitter bring the chunky, Eastern gore grind to Relapse's compilation. You just can't help but love it. JxKx on the other hand, have a really meaty sound that belongs more in metal that it does in grind, but that doesn't mean they can't play!

Slimewave #5 - XXX Maniak / Throatplunger - Split 7"

Slimewave Series #5 featuring XXX Maniak & Throatplunger, limited to 1000 records on Relapse Records. 100 pressed on clear, 400 pressed on yellow/green and 500 pressed on red/yellow. I have number 420.

This was the first Slimewave 7" I got my hands on and it's one of my favourite releases by both bands involved. XXX Maniak's new cleaner sound was a teaser for what was to come on their split with Coffins, and Throatplunger are just completely insane, hands down.

Slimewave #6 - Mumakil / Inhume - Split 7"

Slimewave Series #6 featuring Mumakil & Inhume. Part 6 of 6 in Relapse's infamous gore grind compilation series. This is number 778 out of a 1000 pressed, and out of 300 on yellow. There are an extra 300 on green, 300 more on green/red splatter and 100 on clear, as per always with Relapse.

I must have been living under a rock in the gore grind scene when Relapse started putting out the Slimewave 7"s, as I didn't get into them until #5 was released. As expected, with the CD release of the full Slimewave series (featuring extra tracks), these original 7"s have become serious collectors items. #6 is probably the least sought after. The further you go back in issues, the more expensive they become and more difficult they are to find.