Now I'm moving onto something faster. This awesome new split 7" features two up-and-coming UK extreme metal bands, Oblivionized and Human Cull. Oblivionized hail from London and play what they call "Avant-Grind" while Exeter's Human Cull play a mixture of grind, sludge and crust. You just have to look at the artwork for a clue to how good this is gonna be!
It's been released by five collaborating labels and pre-orders close today! There are three different colour variants and some great pre-order packages to pick up, if you're quick.
Tracklist:-
1. Oblivionized - Ghost of An Assault
2. Oblivionized - Whore Dogs
3. Human Cull - Ignoring Fact
4. Human Cull - Shitstorm
5. Human Cull - Disgusted
6. Human Cull - Assassinated
7. Human Cull - Abandonment
I love the split seven-inch format. I know it has its
detractors but I don't care. Oblivionized start things off with two tracks. As
Ghost of An Assault starts, I can see where the band gets their
"Avant-Grind" label from. If you to play mathcore and speed it up too
about ten times the pace, this is what it would sound like. It's brutal. The guitars dominate proceedings with furious
time changes and riff, the drums fly by in a whirlwind of double bass, the bass
underpins it all with hellish precision and the dual vocals add tonnes of
volume. Things get even faster with second song Whore Dogs. The occasional
treble from the guitars brings a bit of metal influence into their sound. Two
instantly gratifying yet equally terrifying songs.
Human Cull's side is made up of five tracks, with only one
stretching past the one-minute mark. Their sound is lower and maybe slightly
more controlled than that of Oblivionized. Ignoring Fact speeds by before
you've hard time to think. The low growls complimenting the higher screams of
their comrades really well. Human Cull's other four songs blast by in around
the same length of time as Ignoring Fact does and like the rest of the split,
deserve multiple listens to help you truly appreciate them.
The production of the split allows both bands to sound at
their ferocious best and when they're this fast, you realise the skill that's
involved with capturing their essence. Both bands play with skill and in a style
which is a preserve of British bands. It may be short, but only takes a few
minutes to rip the flesh from your face!
Have a listen here via WOOAAARGH's bandcamp page:-
Here are the links to the stores and the Facebook pages of the labels involved with the release:-
WOOAAARGH - Store http://wooaaargh.tumblr.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WOOAAARGH
Made In A Meth Lab - Story - http://madeinthemethlab.bigcartel.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/madeinthemethlab
Aural Onslaught Records & Distro - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aural-Onslaught-Records-Distro
Anarchotic Records - Store - http://anarchoticrecords.bandcamp.com/merch
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/anarchoticrecords
Buriedinhell Records - Store - http://www.buriedinhell.com
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/buriedinhellrecords
Oblivionized Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Oblivionized
Human Cull official - https://www.facebook.com/humancull
Cheers for the review!
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