Newsletter Issue 21
championing the
musically jaded for
seven years.
NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 21
Yeah, I know, I said two issues ago I was back with a vengeance, and here I am going with a newsletter format. I have too much other shit to
do and not enough motivation to do it. I can't even go running five times a week. Anyway, hopefully I can come out with issues in a more
timely fashion this way. Enjoy.
D.U. zine • 21010 Southbank St Ste 570 • Sterling VA 20165 • USA
email rjohnson@timespapers.com
Now I am going to relate
to you an interview I did
with Gnob from Hampton,
Yusuke
VA. A great bunch of
guys, they play manic
hardcore punk, fast fast
fast, with many different
parts and lots of start/stop
changes. The band is
impressive. Gnob features
members of Nobody and
Experimental Farm and
vice versa, and they all live
together.
So tell our readers
Yusuke Adachi is the bass player from Terrible Headache, an awesome, at
about the scene in
least two year old hardcore punk band from Japan with a new demo out.
Hampton and sur-
Here is an interview with Yusuke.
rounding areas.
D.U.: You are now a member of or have been a member of Terrible
Pat: It sucks. It's awesome.
Headache, LMA, Vivisection, and Beyond Description.
Joe: It stinks awesomly.
Yusuke: In addition to them I was a member of Disprove and Gentle.
Paul: It sucks but at the same time there's some cool bands around
But now I'm playing the bass only in Terrible Headache (T.H.).
here like Jerm Flux and shit like that, but there's not really many
Vivisection no longer exists. Beyond Description (B.D.) did a tour over
places to play. I dunno, it always starts to be like a scene and then
Germany last year and released a CD. Soon after that tour I left B.D.
nobody wants to come out to shows or some shit.
for some reasons. At the same time I left LMA/Disprove/Gentle,
Pat: There's no unity, man. Where the fuck's the unity?
'cause all bands consist of other B.D. members. Also these bands were
Joe: Ha ha ha.
so-called "project" bands and jus for fun. I still have been good friends
Pat: Try Norfolk.
with other members, but now I want to concentrate on playin in T.H.
Paul: Yeah, Norfolk [VA]'s pretty cool or whatever.
How is it that you were in so many bands?
What's it like living in an old Victorian and having three bands as
There are so many people I want to play with. But the main reason is
your roommates?
to play as many gigs as possible. It is not so easy to do many gigs in
Joe: It smells like shit. Cat shit, dog shit, every kind of shit shit.
Tokyo, 'cause when we play, we have to rent a space and gather some
Paul: Yeah, it kinda smells like shit. It's like not really that many
bands for a gig. Also other T.H. members are really busy with jobs, so
people in the three bands 'cause we're all inbred, so it's weird. We
to do a tour is a bit hard. Now I start to organize gigs in Tokyo.
eat lots of cereal.
Are you a punk kid or a hardcore kid?
Do you consider yourselves hippies, punks, hippie punks, or
Maybe not a punk kid. Ha ha! I learned a lot of things from hardcore.
what?
And still learning. I met a lot of people who had inspired me with
Pat: Or what. None-a them bastards.
their attitude. Maybe I'm a hardcore kid.
Paul: I don't think we consider ourselves at all. We're probably just
How is the Japanese economy?
like pieces of shit.
Japan has been in great depression for a couple of years. Many peo-
Joe: Yeah, I prefer shit.
ple were laid off. Some famous big companies went bankrupt. But
Paul: Just like people. I dunno, I guess maybe you could call us hip-
Japanese government did nothing for them.
pies if you want to talk down to us 'cause we smoke lots of pot, or
Do you think American HC/punk bands are more popular in Japan
you could call us punks if we were talkin' it up the ass, but ...
than Japanese HC/punk bands?
Joe/Pat: Ha ha ha.
Today many hardcore bands come to Japan like Aus-Rotten,
Paul: I dunno what the fuck we are.
Hellnation, Spazz, Drop Dead ... so-called "power violence" bands are
Pat: You should say we're gangsters.
getting popular. We can buy millions of hardcore records from your
Paul: Yeah, we're gangsters, ha ha ha.
country at our local record shops. But we still have a lot of great bands
You have the Decompilation tapes, the Gnob 7", the Gnob/Nobody
in Japan. Anyway, hardcore itself is getting popular.
split 7", and what else?
Last comments?
Paul: Uh, let's see, we got a song on [a compilation] LP, which I have
Thanks for the interview. Our demo is for free. So if you interested,
got no idea if it's in print or not, it's on Jive Turkey, and we got a
feel free to write me. We will release our debut EP in '98. Thanks to
song coming out on the Weather compilation #3 that Bill/Weather
Disposable Underground for your support! s
Profucktions is putting out in Roanoke, we got a song on that Audio
Terrible Headache
Terrorism CD on Chaotic Noise ... what the fuck else ... I think that's
Yusuke Adachi • 1-9-39 Shimizugaoka • Fuchu
it. And we'll have a split 7" with Jerm Flux any fuckin' year now
Tokyo 183-0015 • Japan
whenever we have the money and shit to put it out.
Do you support or have interest in any marijuana legalization
J.R.: People in the scene gossip, those bastards.
groups such as NORML and so on?
Along those same lines, earlier on I got the
Joe: No sir. I enjoy buying it on the black market. That's what's the
impression that you wanted to open up on
J.R.
fun in it, god damn it, for real.
every gig you played, becasue you're a new
Paul: We all support our local marijuana growers. That's what every-
band and you want to pay your dues ...
one should do. That's the first step.
Scott: Yeah.
Joe: You know who grows it in your town. Get their weed.
But I don't know that you're pushing to play
Paul: Signin' a petition is cool and all that, but I don't know if it's
first anymore. Do you feel that you've paid
really gonna change the government's mind.
your dues enough and now you want choice
Pat: Hell no.
spots on bills?
Joe: Why, so they can fuck with the weed and fuck it all up for us?
Scott: No, we'd still be perfectly happy
We'll just keep our growers doing ...
playin' first.
Pat: They can do what the fuck they want, you know. NORML's
J.R.: I don't like to play first because I
cool, whatever.
want to pay dues or because I want
Paul: Yeah, I mean we're not talkin' shit about anybody. We'll smoke
to to do some weird thing. I like getting it over
that herb, though, if that's what they're asking. An organization is
with so I can watch the rest of the show. That's my
just like fundamentally wrong anyway, usually, especially us.
philosophy.
What do you think of the medicinal pot issue going on, such as the
Scott: Well, my perspective is we don't mind play-
clinic in San Francisco doleing out weed for medicinal purposes? I
ing first, because yeah, we're definitely young, and there've been a
understand that some psychiatrists prescribe marijuana to some
couple shows that we played where we wanted to play first but we
schizophrenics as well.
didn't for whatever reason. That's cool, whatever. I mean, our set's
Pat: I mean, if it works for you, of course, take it.
like only ten minutes anyway, and I don't think we'll ever get over ten
Paul: I guess I use pot as medicine. I guess it's like pretty much com-
minutes. As much material as we cram into ten minutes is as much as
mon sense.
maybe other bands'd cram into 23, 30 minutes, with space and talkin'
Joe: Yeah.
and chatterin' and shit.
Last words of grind?
Speaking of which, I notice that there is almost a total lack of any
Paul: I dunno, what would be a last word in grind ... just say FUCK
chatter on stage.
THE MASONS. That's our last words, and you can grind it into your
Scott: Well, that's 'cause [pointing to J.R.] he's a gimp.
anus.
J.R.: I'm a gimp. Um ... are you gonna ask me questions about why I
Pat: Thanks. s
do that?
Gnob
Scott: He did.
Paul • PO Box 1324 • Newport News VA 23601-
J.R.: First is because I sound like a fairy on stage. Second is, anything
0324 • USA
that I have meaningful to say, I say in my lyrics in a much more elo-
quent way than I could possibly ever do on stage, so I keep my mouth
PI G DESTROYER shut. Poeple come to see me play, not to hear me bullshit. So we're up
there to give them hardcore, not lessons in life. If they care what I
The following is an interview with Pig Destroyer from Virginia, a
think, then they'll read my lyric sheet or they'll ask me when I'm off
grindcore band which has brought out its first demo (now out of print), and
stage. I'm not gonna preach to anybody.
its first split 7" with Orchid (interviewed last issue) is out now on
Yes, but doesn't that make you run into problems like "Is that Enemy
Amendment Records. P.D. has recorded a to-be released CD for 625
Soil up there on stage right now, or is that Pig Destroyer?"
Hardcore which I highly recommend picking up, and the same goes for the
J.R.: If somebody thinks we're Enemy Soil and buys an Enemy Soil
7". P.D. is a three piece and has been playing shows locally and out of state
record, that's fuckin' fine. I have no problem with that 'cause they're
for some time now, and features intelligent, Assück-esque and yet original
supporting the scene somehow. But anybody who doesn't know who
lyrics, and manic, insane song arrangements.
we are can ask the guy next to them who might know. I don't see it as
All the members in your band are
that big of a dilemma.
current or former members of bands
Scott
Scott: Just as easily as our cover was blown, in the course of a show,
that shall we say have some, if not
people will go, "Is that Enemy Soil?" "No." I mean, in the specific
importance, standing in the scene.
example of Enemy Soil, I think that people pretty well know that we
But at the same time, you guys are
aren't Enemy Soil. We aren't a four piece, so anyway ...
trying to make a new start and make
Speaking of a four piece, you guys are a three piece. I think that is
out like this is a new band with
one of the reasons that you get compared to Discordance Axis among
three new guys.
other bands, but also because of the sound.
Scott: Well, which it is. Are you ask-
Scott: Yeah ... Oh -- comment. Well, you know, I guess it's not an unfair
ing if that is what we're trying to do?
comparison. I don't specifically write tunes in the style of, and I don't
It's always fun to start a new band
actually think that they wind up sounding like, Discordance Axis. I
from the ground up, even though we
probably grew up listening to the same shit that the guy from
sort of leapfrogged some of the prob-
Discordance Axis did, and that is Voivod, and that is where all the
lems that some bands have encoun-
watery diminished fifths come from, so I've always been doing that. I
tered. It's probably just because
mean, I don't shy away from the comparison to Discordance Axis
we've all been in other bands. We're
because they're a great band, so that's cool with me.
not trying to make this a project. This
So what's next for your band?
is definitely a full fledged band in essence.
Well, we [might] record a split CD with Servants of the Earth, which is
J.R.: Being in other bands gives us a better idea of what we want for
Jay from Agoraphobic Nosebleed's other band. And then we got a
this band, so we have a head start.
couple of split 7"es which we have to write tunes for and record.
And I assume that since you are mentioning those other bands as lit-
They're gonna be with Phobia and Pg. 99.
tle as possible, you want to not ride the coattails of those bands. You
Are you catering to the "we're gonna stay underground" attitude as
don't want to get a gig just because you're the band with ex-members
it applies to you guys, say, getting a phone call from Relapse or
of so-and-so.
Earache or somebody ...
J.R.: Well, a gig's a gig, though.
J.R.: Hardcore sounds the same no matter who puts it out. As long as
Scott: I don't know what that means, but it's cool. It sounds good.
the music's good, I don't really see what it matters. Labels aren't real-
J.R.: It doesn't really matter how you get it.
ly a big deal. I don't have any like economical or fame aspirations for
That's why you used fake names on your demo.
the band. I just wanna play hardcore.
Scott: That's exactly why we sued fake names on the demo, but that
Scott: I certainly don't care about any of that label bullshit. That's just
cover got blown pretty early on.
like artificial and petty. I mean, as long as people dig it, and as long as
the people putting it out dig it and don't have hidden agendas for what
styles together.
they want to do with it -- and in this kind of music, I don't think that
Masataka Sugioka, 1-4 Nishizato, Meitou Nagoya, Aichi 465-0084, Japan
you could really put out stuff unless you really liked it, 'cause you ain't
Earth Crisis Breed the Killers (Roadrunner)
gonna make a whole lotta shitload of money off it -- I don't have a
I never liked Earth Crisis. I thought their brand of metal sucked.
problem with anybody, really. Although, with Earache, I actually gen-
Them being hardline didn't help either. But this new album has such
erally don't think that most people [working there] really dig the stuff
slick production that what edge they admittedly had is lost. The
they're puttin' out. I mean, that's just my experience from membership
vocals are inexplicably recorded horribly as well. Their bio boasts of
in [one of my old bands that had affiliation with Earache].
them "being on the front lines" or "making a difference" or whatever.
Anything you want to throw in sparked by earlier comments?
Give me one example of Earth Crisis doing anything besides talking
J.R.: Since I don't talk on stage, we're Pig Destroyer.
down to people and playing shitty metal. THEN I'll be impressed.
Scott: We have records. They're available in the back. s
This record sucks ass.
Contact Pig Destroyer c/o Disposable Underground.
Fates Warning Still Life (Metal Blade)
DISPOSABLE MUSIC REVIEWS A double live CD of new Fates Warning. The first CD is comprised of
twelve movements of the opus "A Pleasant Shade of Gray." The sec-
Agoraphobic Nosebleed Honkey Reduction (Relapse)
ond CD has some (somewhat) more rocking material from albums
What can I say ... this record is awesome. I love ANb and this new
such as Parallels and No Exit. Fates Warning, for those of you who
mini-CD seems like a full length of any other band, because they pack
don't know, is progressive fusion metal as fuck. I was surprised to see
so much music into these songs. This thing is like all the band's 7"es
Joey Vera plays on this recording.
rolled into one big fat ball of destruction. P-H-A-T. There's even sort
of a noise bit on there, sort of ANb does Japanese Torture Comedy
Enthroned Towards the Skullthrone of Satan (Metal Blade)
Hour. I can't believe ANb's gonna maybe do five albums of this drum
Maybe I'm missing something, but all these black metal bands are
machine/grindcore madness. Honkey Reduction is to be re-released on
starting to sound the same. I think the scene has run itself dry like the
Clean Plate Records as a picture disc with bonus tracks. Oh god. I
death metal scene did years ago. I've heard comments that I may have
can't wait. ANb rules, you drool.
made myself (I can't remember) that black metal is like the new punk
or something, but I don't agree with that today. God, what must it be
Broken Hope Loathing (Metal Blade)
like to do a black metal zine these days? "So, where do you buy your
Loathing is the abbreviation of the full album title, which is You Will Begin
face paint?"
Loathing This Record As Soon As You Hit "PLAY." Broken Hope is the sum
of all the elements I abhor about today's death metal. These guys seem to
Gates of Ishtar The Dawn of Flames (Invasion/Metal Blade)
be expending huge amounts of energy to avoid being extreme in any way.
This record is a little too antiseptic for me. The playing is a tad stiff.
The singer sounds like he's eating oatmeal, the drummer has less of a
This young sounding band takes influence from At the Gates, except
grasp of competent metal percussion than my ex-roommate's cat, and the
it's not as technical. Basically, there's other things out there to buy than
songs go around in meaningless circles and end up nowhere fast. Broken
on this CD, such as the score to The X-Files.
Hope is the perfect example of an oversaturated death metal scene and the
Genital Gore/Needful Things split tape ( Psychotherapy)
lowering of standards that accompanies it.
It sounds like Genital Gore is using a drum machine, not unheard of in
Benümb Soul of the Martyr (Relapse)
this style, the style being GORE GRIND. Needful Things, from the
I don't know if this CD amounts to a discography, but contained herein are
same genre as Genital Gore, is ex-Malignant Tumor (see review). I
several of the band's EP tracks (besides the Soul of the Martyr album)
usually find this material entertaining up to a certain extent because
including live songs from their set at Fiesta Grande #5. Benümb is a met-
it's so obnoxious, but sometimes the lack of production values and the
alcore start-stop deathgrind band with short, fast as shit songs as well as
overuse of effects take away from the enjoyment for me, and that is
slightly longer, heavier numbers. A great bunch of guys, too. And I LOVE
true here up to a point. This tape is kinda fun as both bands are good
their cover art.
at oozing out this type of music. If you like gore grind as a rule, then
get this tape.
Conquest Rage (Pulse)
Otto Beran, Anenska 1296, Pardubice 530 02, Czech Republic.
Sounds like this is a drum machine band, and a pretty fuckin' lame
excuse for one at that. How long have these guys been listening to
Grave Extremely Rotten Live (Century Media)
metal -- six months? That's what it sounds like, anyway. I don't have
As the name suggests, this is a live album from Grave. I saw these
anything more to say about this record than that.
guys once in DC and even though they were in front of a depressing-
ly small crowd, they played their hearts out. So you gotta love 'em.
Dark Funeral Vobiscum Satanas (No Fashion/Metal Blade)
There is a selection or two from each of their albums here, and I respect
Standard fast black metal with evil clown paint/black clothes wearing
a lot that they did that for their fans. I don't listen to Grave anymore
Swedish mofos. All the songs basically sound the same. Screechy
(except for Into the Grave), but if you love death metal, get it.
vocals, keyboards playing a small handful of
notes, quick tempos. Nothing out of the ordi-
Gore Beyond Necropsy Noise-A-Go-Go!!
Assück in
nary.
(Relapse)
Washington, DC
I like some of GBN's material -- they have sev-
The Dillinger Escape Plan Under the Running
Photo courtesy Jay Cardinell
eral split 7"es, live tapes, demos, et cetera --
Board (Relapse)
but this CD of noisecore sucks. It's so boring!
These New Jersey guys really know how to
I never thought I'd say this about a band, but
mix it up. I'm really impressed with their
they were better with the drum machine. I
nuts, bipolar, fucked up, junkie, spastic hard-
have no idea why there exists a CD of this
core. I guess this is one of the band's 7"es
stuff. I've heard a live tape of them playing
pressed on CD. It takes good musicianship in
(with a drummer) Napalm Death covers with
order to play this material, but that doesn't
Merzbow doing electronic noise over the top,
mean they're Watchtower or some dumb shit
and that stuff is brilliant, but THIS ... !
like that ... the songs are catchy at the same
time as being complicated.
Grip Inc. Nemesis (Metal Blade)
I really hate to admit it, but the new Grip Inc.
Displaced Person Motive
is actually pretty good. The band is taking
Displaced Person is the epitome of crossover:
chances on this album and setting their sights high, bringing a lot of
punk, industrial noise, groove metal, hardcore, grind, thrash, et cetera.
experimentation into the formula. The formula still steers deep into
The band is kinda fun 'cause its sound is so dated, but the mix of influ-
the seas of cheese, but the band manages to stay on course for calmer
ences makes it sound fresh at the same time. In any case, Displaced
waters with several cuts on the record. The two things that jump out
Person is metal through and through, they play well, and they jump
at me right away is that the thrash songs are more thrashy, and the
around direction-wise enough to keep the songs interesting. They
vocals are much stronger, than the last record. Grip Inc. definitely sets
impress with their mastery of successfully arranging all these different
a mood on parts of this record. An interesting if not amazing listen.
The Haunted '98 album (Earache)
she played groove metal. No, wait. That doesn't make any sense ...
Not bad at all! The Haunted features members of At the Gates (R.I.P.),
put it this way: this record sucks butt. Here at the newsletter/zine or
most notably the guitar players, as well as other metal bands. I men-
whatever it is, we hate groove metal with a passion. Putting out a CD
tion the guitar players because this is a guitar-driven band, and it basi-
with a bunch of songs made up of strings of indistinguishable mosh
cally sounds like a much more thrashy At the Gates if they were at
riffs is a waste of my time.
their prime in the late '80s. The record starts off with an air of "We're
Polly Records c/o Jens Pollach, PO Box 900 836, 81508 Muenchen,
doing this band for fun," and fun it is. Good production and musi-
Germany.
cianship are some of the plusses of this album. I think the weak link
of this band, if there is one, is the singer, and of course the bass is low
in the mix, but it's still a blast to listen to.
Hecate Enthroned The Slaughter of Innocence, A Requiem for the Mighty
(Metal Blade/Blackened)
Mystery surrounds Hecate Enthroned ... I don't know where they're
from or who they are ... they offer no such information on their album
sleeve. They play standard contemporary black metal with lots of
keyboards and raspy, high vocals and fast parts. Think a much rawer
The Principles of Evil Made Flesh and a better produced In the Nightside
Eclipse, and you start to get the idea. This is a very good band for the
style, but having said that, the whole black metal thing is really played
out now and these guys are very formulatic.
Iron Monkey '97 balbum (Earache)
Only another suckass band that Earache has signed, Iron Monkey is
nothing but an Eyehategod riporff with bad lyrics and a singer that
would be better suited for a trendy black metal band. Well, I should-
n't be too harsh -- this record ain't that bad. But it sure as hell isn't
good.
Suppression in Washington, DC Photo courtesy Jay Cardinell
Lord Belial Enter the Moonlight Gate (Metal Blade/No Fashion)
Here's more of that Swedish black metal, a pile of which I started
thOught industry recruited tO dO gOOd deeds fOr the devil (metal
reviewing last issue. As I said, these guys play black metal. They're
blade)
fast. They're heavy. They have keyboards. So what else do you need?
a cOllection Of live tracks, Outtakes, and remixes. gOOd stuff ... i like
They play songs like "Realm of a Thousand Burning Souls" and "Black
thOught industry's new directiOn. this recOrd is just as weird as ever,
Winter Bloodbath." The cool thing is they don't cop out and wear
and sOme Of the sOngs are even dark and eerie.
clown paint. They wear bullet belts instead! That's the way to go.
Trest Bow to Change
Malignant Tumor/Squash Bowels split CD (Obscene)
Trest is one of those bands that think Mordred is stil valid. They play
Malignant Tumor is a good band but I like some of its other material
funk rock 'n' roll but believe they're Metallica. It'd be funny if it
better that what they play here. Squash Bowels borrow from early
weren't so annoying. If you're not gonna listen to me and still want
Napalm Death but they still play gore grind like Malignant Tumor
their demo, send $2 to: Oliver Ondrás, Popr. Brigády 743/16, 058 01
does. The split CD is pretty good and features lyrics from both bands,
Poprad, Slovakia.
if you're interested.
Unleashed Warrior (Century Media)
Miloslav Urbanec, Dolany 117, 533 44 p. St. Zdánice, Czech Republic
I am happy to finally listen to the latest Unleashed. I used to call them
Mercyful Fate Dead Again (Metal Blade)
the AC/DC of death metal, but now I shall start calling them one of
I'm surprised that this record is good. It makes Time look like shit (I
the most consistently good bands in the scene. Go out and buy any
never heard Into the Unknown, but they were boring when I caught
Unleased album. They're all equally good. This new one has some
them on that tour). This is the first time that I found out Hank
interesting points to it. The last time I interviewed Unleashed, the
Sherman is no longer in the band. Fate has redeemed itself and reme-
singer said he was singing "100% by the tones," meaning he wanted to
bered how to play good metal. Kudos! I can hear the classic metal riff-
sing high or low or midrange as the song in question warranted. This
ing style (even though I wasn't in the scene when they were doing it
is most evident on Warrior. The songs have a very simple verse/cho-
in the old days) and the melodic parts are well crafted as well. And I
rus structure which helps give this album a very direct, down 'n' dirty
get the impression that the lyrics are more overtly Satanic like the old
feel which works very well. Unleashed rocks the house.
Fate as well.
Various Artists Blackened Vol. III (Metal Blade)
Midvinter At the Sign of the Apocalypse Dragon (Invasion/Metal Blade)
Out of the two disk set, Emperor, In the Woods, Mayhem, Fatal
These Swedish guys play long-ass songs that more than once crack the
Embrace, Enslaved, Diabolical Masquerade, Tartaros, Ragnarok, Thy
six-minute mark. They do fast black metal with harmonies and light
Serpent, and Old Man's Child are good and/or original and deserved
vocals and keyboards in several places. There are more than a few
of a closer look, and the rest of the bands are carbon copy black metal
very "ethnic" sounding passages in which Midvinter shows its sensi-
drivel.
tive side, which I found unexpected. You know, I'd like this band and
Various Artists Sometimes Death is Better (Shiver)
all black metal bands better if they dropped the swords and the dumb
I don't know when this CD came out but the guy who did it used to to
outfits and just fucking played metal.
a zine if I remember correctly. The record mostly consists of a bunch
Mithotyn In the Sign of the Ravens (Invasion/Metal Blade)
of young death metal bands from Europe and other places, or at least
Mithotyn plays "viking metal" sort of like Amorphis if they still had
they sound like they're from there. I don't get into this material as
balls and didn't listen to Hawkwind. I enjoy the ethnic keyboards and
much as I did say five years ago, so I shouldn't personally recommend
guitar and melodies and choruses. "Lost in the Mist" and "Tills Dagen
this, but if you'd like to support the death metal scene and check out
Gryr" are the best songs on the record because they aren't evil black
some bands, then go for it.
metal songs but traditional Swedish folk sounding songs. But they
Hans de Wyngaert, Amerstraat 112, 3200 Aarschot, Belgium.
only do that stuff half the time; the rest of the time they churn out
dumb black metal stuff. Also, the singer is bad at singing black metal.
I don't know/can't remember who took the Pig Destroyer photos, so whoev-
Make your own decision.
er did, sorry about not crediting them. Thanks to everyone who sent in a
record or tape or whatever for consideration/review (except for the ones I
S.L.U.T. Mindfuck (Polly)
didn't want). If you didn't see your release reviewed here, it's either
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Your mind WILL be fucked after listening
because a) I didn't want to review it, or b) it didn't make it in here and it
to this record, but not in a good way. Imagine being trapped in a
will appear next issue. We appreciate your patience.
padded room and being forced to listen to the Celine Dion box set if
