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Tracklist
01. Morals Like Frozen Piss
02. Extensive Autumn Necrony
03. Twin Forced Exorcism
04. Time Kills Everything
05. Ikon Sumo
06. Unfortunately…
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Abstract is a great adjective for describing Paragon's Records recording artist, Biolich's new release The Space Between Home and Today. The album's cover art, back art, and disc art all depict random shapes and patterns, sometimes with a concrete object as a focal point (the front cover), other times nothing more than a paintbrush or mouse click of colors and shapes (the back and disc).
This visual randomness is reflected aurorally. 'Morals like Frozen Peas' introduces the album with a power plant of electronic noise, which somewhat retains a musical pattern. As soon as your ears get used to the open ground groove, Biolich show their true musical identity…well, for a moment, with pummeling grind and monster growls in the style of MACABRE's Corporate Death. Around the middle of the song, the pulverizing pace comes to a halt for a clean, melodic break that would make Serj from SYSTEM OF A DOWN happy.
Is The Space Between Home and Today a radio-friendly offering to the mall-going youthful masses? Hardly. Sure the music flows freely like the many ideas one could take from the album's artwork, but still this album is closer to grindcore than any other sub-genre. Furious down-tuned punk rhythms, several abrasive voices (all four band members), and an unmerciful drummer are usually ingredients to make a grind album.
Drummer, John Carey Jr. is the driving force behind this modern grinding masterpiece. Everybody knows that without a drummer who can absolutely wail, a grind band simply can not compete in the world's fastest and most brutal style of music. Carey doesn't just compete; he pounds the competition to the ground. He sounds possessed during a drum roll near the beginning of the aptly-titled 'Twin Faced Exorcism.'
The weakest aspect of this disc is the production. Maybe the band was going for a crunchy, crusty feel (don't get hungry, this isn't a pizza commercial). A cleaner production will certainly make the random adventures into diverse musical territories more soothing to the ears. It's highly likely that Biolich never intended to comfort the ears, though; they seem to be on a mission to assail your body, mind, and most importantly your ear drums!
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Comments
Dark Nutz - 2006-01-06 23:00:45
My neighbors dog has a 4 inch clit! I own noobs biotch. |
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