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Label: Rescued From Life Rec. (USA) Released: july 2004 Print: 350, black vinyl 350, whitevinyl Recorded: Coathanger-Factory Studio april 2002 sold out!!! |
Bandpic and Line-up we used on this release:
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Line-up from left to right:
back: M. U. (bass), T. I. (vocals), L. A. (guitar)
front: T. I. (drums), N. G. (guitar)
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Vampire
Magazine
Split EPs are on of the nicest inventions in the whole metal scene. Not
only do I love this 7" format also I like to hear the two bands on
such a release presenting themselves in just a mere few minutes. Sometimes
a bigger band presents a smaller band or bands who are on friendly terms
with each other show their appreciation for each other with such a split
release. And sometimes two awesome bands split together on one 7"
EP. That is actually what I thought of this EP (in the end I think Embalming
Theatre was a bit disappointing, but nothing to worry about either). Both
Embalming Theatre and Birdflesh are bands who are doing their thing for
some years now and both got the recognition they deserve, which is utterly
rare I gues…
This split EP is opened by Birdflesh arguably the most sick and twisted
grind band from Sweden. With their raw and harsh yet very groovy, brutal
and pounding way of creating unique and recognizable grindcore they belong
to the top of the current scene and get so much attention, which is nothing
but a logical result of years of hard labour. And the songs presented
on this split 7" is nothing but a nice example of that. Their side
is called "Death Metal Karaoke" and is decorated with a nice
Simpsons-style drawing which you will be able to find on each Birdflesh
release. The humour of the guys is always reflected in the music, and
so is it here. Nothing really new to report here, just the usual Birdflesh
ingredients all finely mangled into some new tracks which are definitely
worth checking. Yet, there are some remarkable things to mention though.
They included a violin on the "Blind Butcher"-track played by
some dude with the name 'Smattro Ansjovis', and a nice backing vocals
choir is done by 'Rob The Robber' and 'Lenny Blade'. Most funny track
is possibly the last one called "Vikings From The North", which
they claim to be a cover of a band that should be called "Carnage
From Beyond". I'm pretty sure that this is no real cover and this
band is a fictive band, guess for fun (one shouldn't try to follow these
guys humour!). But it is surely nice to hear Birdflesh playing Viking
metal, a new genre is born, polka-viking-grind… Yeah, whatever…
The other side is filled with the Swiss band Embalming Theatre. A band
that is putting out releases as regular as a heartbeat but what is rather
strange is that the recordings were done about over two years ago (2002)
and that is really a bit of a let down for I was expecting some new tracks.
This is also the reason why the songs aren't as good as some recently
released material, also the recording quality is a little less than the
last few studio tracks. Nevertheless you'll grow into these three tracks
and intro after a couple of spins. The last song on this EP is a cover
of the Canadian cult band Infest ("Sick Of Talk"). At this point
the band was also more leaning towards death metal than they are doing
today. But don't get me wrong, it is still above average and pretty enjoyable
too. But the fact is that I heard the band better than this. The artwork
is definitely a huge pre to me, for it is one of the better things I saw
of them.
MRR #257
Birdflesh/Embalming Theatre split 7": Fuck, now this is a great split.
Sweden's BIRDFLESH, who, it should be no secret now, have a member of
NASUM, deliver the goods once again with thier hilarious and brutal half,
"Death Metal Karaoke." You must see the album cover, it pretty
well sums up the band- totally retarded and juvenile but completely brutal
and appropriate too. And that's like the music- it's great that even when
they're fucking around and singing about eating hamburgers out of a ballerina's
ass, thier music is still leagues better than 90% of all the grind bands
today. And then there's EMBALMING THEATRE, from Swizerland. I tell ya-
there's something about the band photo inside the sleeve- I mean what
the hell are those things? Maybe they're just props from a japanese children's
show, but they look to me like mutated mad max rejects meeting the Feebles.
Anyway, I stared at this photo the whole time i first listened to this
bizarre death-grind outfit sing songs in italian about insects crawling
over thier flesh and it produced a genuinely unsettling effect. And then
they do an INFEST cover. Great stuff from both bands- Get this now! (EL)
Warprayer #139
BIRDFLESH – http://www.birdflesh.com –are back with another
onslaught of viciously fast, crushing grindcore, but what separates them
from masses of other grind outfits are their hilarious lyrics like for
example “Though he’s blind, he always smile / He likes the
fact that you’re getting hacked / Your family’s wondering
where you are / They find the answer at the hamburger bar“ (“Blind
butcher“). EMBALMING THEATRE – http://www.embalmingtheatre.ch
– are playing brutal grindcore with totally unintelligible vox!
Their cover of “Sick of talk” by INFEST is entirely mandatory!!
Attack fanzine
Wow, two of the hottest "true" u/g deathgrind bands around finally
team up! Embalming Theatre punch you in the lung with their blastbeat-laden
IMMOLATION via Sweden (they're from Erich Keller Land) heavy deathcore
with fucking bizarre lyrics that I JUST DON'T FUCKING GET! The tunez crush
testicles though and that's all you need to worry about. Production? It's
fucking ace of course. BIRDFLESH always reminded me if old NAPALM DEATH
sucked, but paradoxically the band REALLY kicks arse (and the ear-searing
beehive guitar tone COMPLETELY decimates). BLAST BLAST BLAST and thats'
all they give a fuck about! This isn't throw-away material from either
band by the way. Clay's literally gone broke putting out some totally
killer bands with BAD ASS full color packaging...so if YOU decide not
to support him, then yer just not 'core!
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