Fire Walk With Me - Flesh World

Every year or so I come back to this project and record something new. I'm currently working on the 4th release for this project, and that got me thinking - I need to do another post about this shit. I can't review it, as it's mine, but I can tell you a bit about it. Flesh World is the second Fire Walk With Me record, and is by far my favourite; even out of the new one that's almost finished. How's that for a bleak noise outlook; I already think the best stuff is in the past, why are we even alive? Haha

This whole thing started in Cornwall when I had some time on my hands. Copious amounts of Stella Artois, weirdos on Plenty Of Fish and a binge watch of two seasons of Twin Peaks brought me to the usual frustration of wanting to record something noisy. Only, when I came to put it down, it just wouldn't come. I guess maybe it was the sleepy, laid back nature of my southern surroundings at the time. Instead I took a gentler route (there's still some noise), playing the longer, more ambient game. I did a lot of research on unsettling noises, and actually ended up sampling a lot of stuff from devices that had converted space probe signals into actual sounds. 

I keep meaning to put a few of these on CDr so I can shift 'em at Judas Cradle shows, but I'm just a lazy fuck. As always though, it's completely free to stream and download, so if this concoction sounds like your thing, do me a favour and try it out. Nice one!

Necrosis - Catatonic Psychosis

There are a lot of bands that have been called Necrosis. This particular Necrosis (the second Necrosis that I know personally, although that first Necrosis was spelt Nekkrosis, not Necrosis) are listed as the 15th registered instance of the name Necrosis on Discogs. They hail from the Bristol area and play straight up brutal death metal. Their guitarist Jason also plays in Kraanium, so there is an inevitable slam feel to the groovier riffs when they present themselves, but Necrosis is an exercise in speed and brutality, rather than in the chug and the slam (and the inevitable ensuing hammers).

I might be wrong here because I'm an idiot but I believe that Catatonic Psychosis is the band's debut EP, containing five tracks of brutality to massage your innards into a lovely bloody pulp. It is recorded well, and packs a hell of a punch, but isn't too over-produced and still has an edge of grime, which is something that is very important I think, especially in death metal; it's easy to lose your way in immense studio trickery. I've seen it befall bands many a time; polished-to-fuck records, but messy, useless live shows, where the gimmick and effects don't translate over, and the triggers sound like someone stamping on empty milk cartons.

Thankfully none of that tomfoolery is present on Catatonic Psychosis, which is a strong offering from the UK death metal scene. I really hope these guys work on an album sometime.