» 4 out of 5 Evil Faces
Here is a new release from Canadian metal band Fuck The Facts, released by Relapse records entitled Stigmata High Five.
This marks F.T.F.’s journey from obscure underground metal to a new high. The Relapse high!
I guess I am just not into grind metal as much as I used to be, or maybe it is changing from what it was at one time. I have mentioned before that going back a few years this CD would have been right up my alley but these days not as much, but I still like it. 
Fuck The Facts is a cross between grind, death and hardcore, with sound effects mixed in (static, feedback voices, phone sounds, wind chimes and more…) there are also some slow keyboardy parts as well.
It has definite similarities with Dying Fetus, Misery Index and bands such as those, plus a discordant mathcore influence.
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» 2 out of 5 Evil Faces
Warning this is not the gore grind band Gut from Germany. This is a different band.
They are from Boston, and they play a completely different style of metal than the afformentiond Gut.
Not that this is bad. Just want to make sure that people know what band I am reviewing.
This is more traditional thrash metal like from the late 80′s and early 90′s. The music is not bad but it has a definite garage band sound. It is fairly simple metal with a few different styles.
There are not alot of tempo changes. No grinding here. This is more of what you would expect to see at the local metal bar when no national act is in town.
The riffs are good, the drums sound like drums but the vocals leave something to be desired. Also being that it is a demo, it is very short. It features 5 songs for a total of about 18 minutes of music.
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» 5 out of 5 Evil Faces
Okay ladies and gentlemen, here is another CD review and once again it is for a band that needs no introduction. Deicide!
The long awaited new release The Stench Of Redemption is finally upon us.
I will admit that over the years I have not been a huge fan of this band. When they first came to my attention back in 1990. I was taken by there style, but hey that was 16 years ago. This band was doing what everyone would try to emulate for the rest of the decade (if not still today) way back then.
It was a brand new style of heavy!
Their first few albums we’re good but then I got a copy of Serpents Of The Light and somehow it all just fell apart for me.
The music was not as good as all the bands trying to copy the style in my opinion. I did not care for the vocals. It was like they we’re trying to hard to be heavy. Then Glen Benton cuts/burns an upside down cross in his forehead and well…. It just did not gel with me, for whatever reason, though mostly it just seemed a bit silly.
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» 4 out of 5 Evil Faces
Here is a new release from California’s All Shall Perish entitled The Price Of Existence. This CD was released by Nuclear Blast a few weeks ago.
Here is a band that mixes death & black metal with a mild taste of hardcore. Mainly the vocals are where the hardcore style exists though some of the guitar also has a hint.
As I have mentioned before, I am not the biggest fan of hardcore mixed with metal. I am not saying that I do not like it. I just mean that it is not my favorite. I am from the old school, thus more of a traditional metal fan.
Maybe this just means I am getting old and set in my ways. 
Either way this is a not a bad CD. In fact just the opposite, it is a good CD. Not my favorite, but still good. It is definetely heavy and has some great riffs, pounding drums, angry vocals and soothing melodies thrown in to keep you from going insane.
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» 4 out of 5 Evil Faces
Time for another review. This time Aversion to Life – Ritualized Murder released by Comatose music.
This release is typical of the Dallas, Texas death/grind metal.
If you have heard Devourment and/or Prophecy than you have heard Aversion To Life. This is not necessarily a bad thing if you like this style. I used to like it alot, but have since grown tired of it.
Their more Devourment than Prophecy and have their own style as well, but there are definite similarities. Though what can be expected when the same group of people play in all the bands?
The funny thing to me is one of the members (Emmitt) used to play in the band called Sintury that was better than both the previously mentiond bands.
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» 4 out of 5 Evil Faces
Okay this is a band that I had never heard until they contacted me wanting to get there CD reviewed.
I am slow sometimes, but I always get around to accomplishing what I need to do at some point.
Anyway I am glad they contacted me. This is a pretty good CD. The style is not what I was expecting. I expected typical metal.
This is a mixture of rough/raw black metal and atmospheric/ambient passages as well as a doomy/gloomy sound. It also has some progressive influences. There are alot of piano/keyboard parts, as well as some intricate guitar passages.
The recording quality could be better, but all in all it is mixed rather well. It has a bit too much trebel for my tastes other than that it is fine.
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