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OBLIVIATED
(Can) Demo'07
This is a new band that changed moniker from
"Sodomized corpse" to "Serpents spawn", and
finally choose OBLIVIATED and released its first demo in 2007. The
music is quite old styled Death thrash (Kinda like some very early
Cannibal corpse (Demos/ 1st Lp), Necrophagia (1st Lp), Corpus rottus
(?) with some mid placed stuffs...), with a touch of old Death grind
like early Broken hope, few "evil" riffs à la old Morbid
angel or some half melodic death/ black à la old God dethroned...
Their myspace page shows some more modern influences, but I didn't
especially hear it, the music of Obliviated sounds older... It might
be because of the muddy 4-tracker recording, the not very neat playing
or the kinda "amateurish" approach that makes it sound
80's? Maybe, because it doesn't musically seem to suck deep, but
I didn't clearly detect everything... They need to inject more power
and stress-urges inside, because it sounds quite flat.
Well
I'm in front of a young demo band who plays in local bars and still
has many things to improve... For ex: To develop compositions and
increase their skills... You must burn the strings during infernal
rehearsals!
http://www.myspace.com/obliviated666
OCEAN
OF ZERO (Australia) The wake Demo tape. 2010. BLOODY OATH Recs.
Look
what the cat dragged in... Another piece of plastic with two big
holes and various other smaller cavities... I had no other choice
than to introduce it in the player for the brutal rape begins! (Think
about it, each time you listen to a tape, it's deflorated by a rapping
machine and its erected pieces of iron or plastic!)
The OCEAN
OF ZERO moniker reminds me some American brutal death or grindcore
influenced bands who released demo around 2002... So it this the
same genre? Did our cat forget the frolics through the park, or
is there something edible to gnaw as angry hungry rats from Hungary?
Just
put your fingers on the table, and listen while I randomly strike
with the knife... The genre of this Australian band is located somewhere
between regular Death metal from the beginning 90's and old school
brutal death, but the playing is a bit more complicated than old
school revisionism and contains more technical elements...
I
hear quite a lot of similarities with early CRYPTOPSY (When they
were good) minus the blasts and in a possibly more "evil"
manner, while I also happen to think about DEFLESHED's first demos/
MCDs for the early brutal death that came with evil touches, but
you can also hear the appearance of evil-mind patterns and chaotic
leads à la early MORBID ANGEL (Before "Altars of madness"),
a bit of midly brutal stuff à la old old DEICIDE, some regular US
brutal death from 1998, a touch of early ANGEL CORPSE ("Hammer
of gods"), and our malestromic shaker is quite full (Too many
ingredients doesn't make good cocktails... Unless you like the taste
of vomit).
This might not be "old school" in the meaning
you expected, there's no AUTOPSY influence, not much of early DEATH
neither much Swedish riffing; But it's quite fast, it sounds quite
refreshing to listen and I guess some peoples will find it kicking.
I
do not really enjoy of all their elements, some old Us brutal death
riffs in the "Fast and groovy" manner sound a little "goofy"
in my mind (Not the cookie monster, it’s not the same level) but
globally the structuring of songs is quite compact and OOZ are quite
catchy in the most epic technical moments.
This demo is very
short, it contains 3 songs for about 10 minutes, but
at least it shows this band can make something dynamic and not too
generic... So let's cross our defleshed fingers and see what happens
in the future.
(If you didn't notice, the first words of this
review were stolen to the glam faggots POISON... Fuck you! We hate
the pink!)
Email: bloodynoize(a)yahoo.com
OFFENDING
(Fra) Demo CDr'05.
VOMITING TCHERNOBILE TORMENTED
FERMENTED
CADAVERIC ONSLAUGHT
OVERDRIVE RADIOACTIVE GENESIS
ASPIRATING
COLLAPSE DEHUMANIZER
You drown in need of more BREWTARRRRGH DEATH
Metal underground motherfluffer? Pissnot putting a zigzagging hear
on this new demo, before the old bitch of Obese Grind shall torment
your hears anymore with sarcastic flies? Then send me an hear, and
I'll put it on this OFFENDING Demo! That's not bad and would surely
vibrate enough with the brewwwtal to let flow the blood of impurity.
To
keep it clear, and devoid of putrid zigzags, OFFENDING plays brutal
death metal. This band is a sub-project of some guys from the French
band ASMODEE (Black death). The style is all in all rather blasting
and much into Brutality (Think SUFFOCATION, DEEDS OF FLESH, SEVERE
TORTURE, older HATE ETERNAL) with some touches of technical death
(Think GOROD, DEATH). Some riffs are cool, some are complexly structured
enough to make it sounds bruuutal, while some are a bit too easy.
The vocals aren't so deep, it would rather give the whole some kind
of deathcore touch à la MISERY INDEX.
The drummer blasts well,
has quite good double bass rumbles, and has a quite neat style.
The main problems of this demo lies in the fact it sounds a
bit too clean (While we need something more intense and rawer) and
there aren't that many catchy riffs... But some proofs of
real brutality are present, and the songs aren't badly constructed
at all... So I guess the band can only improve and reach some kind
of "Brewtal perfection" and more sexxxekuting power.
A good try for big fans of brutality who like their stuff tight
to the ass bone and quite complex.
An album is scheduled some
time later, so keep on sending me your hears! You Motherfillers.
http://offending.free.fr
ONE PER
COFFIN (Usa) Demo CDr'06. SWAMP OF PUS Recs.
It's never
too late to SHAKE MY COFFIN!!
Yeah, shake it hard and strong,
until the blood escapes my necrotic pores! More violence!!
ONE
PER COFFIN comes from Usa and plays some kind of death grind with
a raw approach. While some blasts could remind of old CRYPTOPSY,
there's definitely some US Brutal death influence, and the quite
gory and disjoncted vocals reminds me of old EXHUMED! (And a bit
of old EXIT 13 from "Ethos musick"). Sometimes we aren't
so far from the technical grind hydro blast (Call it however you
want). Add some nice riffs à la old SKELETON OF GOD, some heaviness
à la old SKINLESS meets early DEEDS OF FLESH, and you have a nice
artifacted coffin vision of the way the rusty door of your tomb
will squeak.
It sounds quite extreme, and some riffs are quite
fucked, but something lacks too really shake my coffin, and some
songs do not sound so well structured to kill the begging listener...
To conclude, I'd say it's not a bad demo, but it might get unnoticed
in the massive flows of coffins that try to infest the crowded crematory
house... The future will tell if ONE PER COFFIN will turn to really
bloody coffin-shakers.
http://www.swampofpus.com
OPPRESSION
(Swe) Violence will dominate Demo CDr'03.
More thrash metal
demos, more speed, more beer motherfucker!!
Here's a quite nice
ass kicking demo of fast Brutal thrash in the SODOM way!
It's
full of fast as fuck tremolo riffings to punch in your alcoholic
junkie's head!
Several elements reminds me the good old all times
SODOM! Take some "Persecution mania" for the special bass
parts, "Agent orange" for the riffs, some "Til death
do us unite" for the vocals, some "Tapping the vein"
for the production and the fast tremolos that sound almost death
by moments.
Of course influences of others bands such as old
KREATOR (Some riffs), old DARK ANGEL, mid old KREATOR ("Cause
for conflict" for some vocals and some riffs) can be found.
Finally there's nothing new, nor catchy... but this demo sounds
quite well done, heavily produced (it doesn't sound like a demo!
Hell no!)... and it sounds Brutal! A nice piece for fans of Brutal
Thrash metal who like good old fucking SODOM! The demo is downloadable
on their site; get if fucking M.O.R.O.N!
http://www.oppression.tk
OPPRESSION
(Swe) Left to perish Demo'04.
More thrash metal demos! More
beer motherfuckers! You thought the time for strawberry milk had
come, but one more time FUCK YOU ALL!! ONLY BEER IS REAL! Here's
the second OPPRESSION demo and I can hear a nice evolution! While
their previous one was in a brutal "SODOM" thrash metal
vein, this new one is a bit more worked and composed, but it remains
in the Thrash metal fields! Fast thrash metal riffings along the
lines of old SLAYER and old SADUS with enough riffs per track and
nice breaks or little surprises from here and there.
It keeps
an old school thrash riffing as it may sound like ONSLAUGHT by moments.
The quite present bass lines is a thing that sounds cool in my putrid
hears! It sounds like the ones of SADUS on "Swallowed in black"
for example! The vocals could be situated between Tom Angelripper
and Mille Petrozza (old)'s many packs of beer!! Each musician seems
to apply himself on this demo: nice drummer, cool bassist (!), nice
guitars... the really disturbing point would be some of the leads...
Some riffs and moments see a decrease of intensity, but that remains
Ok.
Eventhough it's a pleasant demo to listen to, I didn't hear
much riffs to really catch your attention... at best some parts
makes you band and you listen to the remaining riffs with metallic
attention! So it can be a cool demo for thrash metal fans who like
it fast the old way with nicely structured tracks! A cool demo for
the deadly headbangers!
http://www.oppression.tk
ORDEM
MALIGNA (Bra) Automated universal dictatorship- Absolute demoniac
oppression in 3666 Demo tape'03. IRON AVANTGARD Recs.
The
strange intro reminds me the long teeth has gone; As neat as it
might be in 2008, where has the ugliness gone?
ORDEM MALIGNA
remembers a lot of SUFFOCATION on "Effigy of the forgotten",
with possible hints of "Pierced from within" and fucked
up zests of FALLEN CHRIST in the judeophrenic guitars. It uses various
changes and variations on multibeats to make the quite technical
guitars sound more ejaculating by moments (Some axelerations are
nice for this): You find some blastasfuck, punching deathbeats,
heaviness, but never any mosh or pseudo groovy... The goal is to
be brutal as some kind of ugly, yet controlled, hungry bear.
Notice
their song titles are quite cool, for exemple: "Mega Pazuzu's
Manifestation In Hologram Form", "Asphyxiated By Nebulous
Apparitions" or "Mechathronic Recrucifixion Of The Hebrew
Human-God"... Apparently this is brutal death metal with an
apocalyptic, futurist and demoniac state of mind (Who knows, cyber-goats
might be better in bed than the so usual traditional goats... At
least electronics rarely say no!)
ORDEM is quite good at emulating
SUFFOCATION, but the songs are not on the same level of composition
and I can't say it was really catchy, just quite interesting to
listen. Some peoples will wonder "Why bother trying to emulate
a Pentium 1 with a powerfull 386 while you could get an used P1
for 5 or 10 euros?"... Maybe because the old 386 might be in
better conditions than a P1 that was too used and abused the last
10 years?
At least ORDEM MALIGNA has skills and some sense of
the brutal song that might please your heads once in the right state
of punch...
Hope their next recording will have a little better
production to make their songs sound heavier... Not sure if they're
still active.
Email: ordemmaligna@bol.com.br
ORGAN
GRINDER (Fra) Organ grinder Demo MCDr'04.
If you ask
men this demo is more than underground! Sounds like an average Death/
Grind rehearsal with punk influences... sounds like a demo from
the past! It reminds me of early CANNIBAL CORPSE (Eaten back to
life), old INHUMATE, HYBRID VISCERY with some old Goregrind (early
MUCUPURULENT), some old punk and quite funny touches... The drummer
plays correctly (expect for weaknesses in blasts). The vocals doesn't
seem much serious: there are usual growls, but also some "funny"
gore and punk stuffs.
This is very average, and half of the riffs
do nothing in my hears... but they have quite worth keeping ideas
(For example the mid placed death metal 'chorus' in "Abattoir
pour animaux", the MUCUPURULENT-alike mid-placed riff in "Les
autres dieux", the NAPALM DEATH/Scum influenced last 10 seconds
of "Mister deathroy and some correct grind stuffs from here
and there...)
All in all, I'd rather consider it as a pre-demo,
as the band has ways to improve both its music and its raw production!
More rehearshards, selectivity towards their riffs, and a brutal
will to kill in songs' structures is what they need! This is very
underground and average stuff. Work hard and be really vomiting!
http://pagesperso.laposte.net/grindisant
ORNAMENT
OF DISGRACE (Usa) Christ fails Demo CDr 2005.
KARMA KAMIKAZES
WILL FEEL NO RELIEF!
Double O D comes from USA but kind of avoids
the usual USBDM clichés, as their style sounds a bit rawer and more
incisive, like a potential mix of SKELETON OF GOD/ old CEPHALIC
CARNAGE, with some DEEDS OF FLESH, and few strange stuffs that might
come from Jazz (but sounds more extreme). It has some kind of stoned
aspect as the whole sounds like a wide opened sexy orange (No bottom
this time, sorry) but the state of mind doesn't seem stoned or mentally
stagnating in weed.
Every songs do not have the same level in
extremity or research of originality, as some riffs could sound
like usual 90's blasting death or old CRYPTOPSY, and some mid-placed
moments introduce you to a decrease of intensity.
Nothing really
branded my brain with catchy riffs or haunting jigsaw melodies,
but the whole sounds brutal, quite solid and motivated., with some
kind of will to find its own extreme personality. If ORNAMENT OF
DISGRACE follows the style of the songs opening this demo, I'll
be able to say: This is a promising band.
A cool shot, but only
for fans of extreme stuffs.
http://www.ornamentofdisgrace.com
ORTHANC
(Fra) 7 ans de réfléxion Demo'03.
Well, another kinda crappy
black metal demo with super screamy vocals the way I like it! Sounds
like it the guy is sodomized during the songs! This band might play
interesting gigs! Ah Ah! Even the most drunk and deaf tramp singing
in a cold black city would sound more miserable than many of these
so called "Grim black metal bands"! Because misery goes
far beyond senses and crosses any kind of material limits when it
deeply needs to spread its deadly and miserable message of agony!
When you think about that, ORTHANC doesn't sound much impressive
(anyway they don't...), but rather like some kind of well fed teenagers
who have problems to play their thing tight and should avoid to
sound quite happy! In my hears it's just another conventional demo
of average/ very average "Black metal" who would need
to face the real misery to play a music supposed to be depressed,
hateful and cold as a brutal rape!
Unoriginal, unconvincing...
useless.
OSSUAIRE
(Fra) Le troubadour nécrophagéophile Demo’05.
Quite dirty
and old styled Death metal between the atmosphere of war the early
BOLT THROWER releases used to create, the quite hellish blasting
parts of FLESHTIZED and old MORBID ANGEL, and few elements of old
DEICIDE. An obscure atmosphere of almost ancient Death metal, blood
and atrocities of war is present and touchable, but nothing is really
extreme and over the top to the point of pressing the "Blow
a fuse motherfucker" button on your skinless face. The half-liquefied
muscles are flowing from the holes of your skull and your blood-saturated
eyes turn quite fast in round, but we didn't reach the point of
an hatred-induced oversaturated explosive dementia the best Death
metal bands use offer in their riffs. So, it's only average.
I
think a little lifting would be welcome to throw away some less
cool riffs; and some songs structures could be improved.
For
a first demo it's not bad, even if nothing is really catchy. I think
the listener's perception of this demo will mostly depend on if
he has this obscure Death metal atmosphere we penetrated before,
the hellish burn of the abyss' deepness.
I'm interested in following
the evolution of OSSUAIRE, because the seeds of perversion contained
by this demo lets me think the band will probably emotionally intensify
its music, and then there would be high chances for they strongly
kick the ass of real Death metallers!
Email: kiste_moisi@hotmail.com
OUTBURST
(Fra) Pure thrash Demo'04.
Did I expect this kind of cool
demo from France? Of course I didn't, since most of the French "Thrashing"
bands aren't cool or not thrashing at all! Ah!
OUTBURST plays
quite "modern" Thrash metal reminding of mid old TESTAMENT
("Low"), old NUCLEAR ASSAULT, some METALLICA ("Master
of puppets", less complex) with death metal influences, reminiscences
of old school Hardcore, and some early MACHINE HEAD ("Burn
my eyes").
The vocals are the most hardcorish, it might
displease some metallers, but it remains in a quite "guttural"
and "vomiting" vein, so it's ok for me.
The guitar
range of influences is quite varied, but always remains bound in
the past (before '95), that's not a problem for me.
The quite
well rounded tracks are played by skilled enough musicians (Brutal
drummer! Almost fast as sharks guitarists).
I'm not sure if their
songs will have a long life-length of thrashing power, but at least
the present and near future are cool.
Even if OUTBURST doesn't
offer something new or memorable, they play it brutally and in a
right way. It's a cool Demo. OUTBURST is one of the few current
French thrash metal bands who achieve to play it decently... Try
to put an hear in there if you need it thrashing, brutal... your
hears won't be polluted with utter shit!
http://pageperso.aol.fr/musicland83/index.html
OVER
HOSTILITY (Fin) Neurasthenia Demo CDr'04. PLAGUE Productions.
If
nicely rounded brutal death metal doesn't sounding too modern or
technical is what you're looking for, read this review... Eventhough
it's not emotionally shocking, this nice demo of the one man band/
project OVER HOSTILITY is nice enough to entertain those who like
their death grind being quite reminiscent of MONSTROSITY 's second
CD (Less technical), ALTAR ("Youth against christ"), or
some old SINISTER (Rather "Hate"). Few other names could
be quoted as a matter of influence: RESURRECTION, old CANNIBAL CORPSE,
few hints of old groovy FLESHGRIND or eventually early MALEVOLENT
CREATION.
The production is fine for a self recorded demo, the
drum machine sounds ok.
Of corpse, I'm not talking about something
new, original or killer, but these 3 tracks are correctly constructed
and none of the riff sounds shitty or boring. So it's an average
demo that's likely to please or entertain those who enjoy death
grind in a not too chaotic or destructed vein. If more guts are
displayed in the next one, OVERT HOSTILITY can turn into a brain
destructive band.
http://personal.inet.fi/private/plagueprod
