AchrisK
Weakling
I had not hear the term Slam Death before I heard it here, and I've been around a while. I assume that is because it is a relatively new genre classification, and a bit of a subtle one at that.
I heard New Zealand's Odiusembowel's EP yesterday and even if it's labeled as death/grind on M-A, I'd say it's half slam half grind, and also - fucking awesome.
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Amazing album. Best slam/brutal death record of 2009 for sure (yes, I'm that confident that no other album will be able to touch this gem). More technical and brutal than "God On Acid", and slightly less focused on slams, but absolutely brilliant and well worth the wait.
The new TOOLS OF TORTURE was recently released on Despise The Sun Records. The cover, which looks badass, is by Phlegeton (also did art for Wormed, Human Mincer, Cesspool of Vermin etc.) and it sounds kind of like technical slam/deathgrind sort of stuff. I just ordered my copy from Sevared and suggest all who think they'd be fans to do so as well. Myspace has some good strong songs up. I would say it sounds like Malignancy plus some Colombian style blast-slam (Blaze Inside?) plus a bit of American influence in the breakdowns.
http://www.myspace.com/againsthepig (dunno why the URL is this but it's the right one)
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