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let me think ..... How about WeKicked Jeb's Bult or maybe TheReaUy Cool Album That JebListens To Every Day. No wait,I've got it ... Jeb Loves This AlbumSo You Should Too. Yep, that is thenew title. I'll call Rotten Recordstomorrow and let them know thatsubsequent pressings of this CDshould carry the new name. Youthink I'm kidding, don't you? I'mnot. I'll kiss the clown every damnday, if that is what it takes. Thisband have the melodic power of myall time favorite band THESTENCH. To this they add a whinyvocalist that reminds me of MR.MIRAINGA because he shouldannoy me but he is too cool and tooinfectious. (Rotten Records POB21 57 Monclair, CA 9 1763-0657), AT TEE GATES hgvealways been one of the most intenseand inventive death acts around butthey have outdone their own impossiblyhigh standards on the newalbum Slaughter ojthe Soul. Thisis the bands first effort after signinga new contract with Earache andthey have done the legacy of thatgreat label proud with this album. Itis highly technical with an impressiveflair for virtuosity but at notime do AT THE GATES let thatinterfere with the viciousness andheaviness of the album. There arethose that have dismissed deathmetal as an art form that has doneall that it can do within its own narrowconfines, this album proves otherwise.(Earache 295 Lafayette St.#915 NY, NY 10012)MALFORMED EARTHBORN isan experimental-elecfronic-industrialside project that includes membersof BR.WAL TRUTH andNAPALM DEATH. With credentialslike that I figured I was goingto love this. I don't. In fact I can'tstand a lot of it. Once in awhile theband will come up with somethingreally sinister and haunting that willgab my attention (e.g. "EmbracingPain") but for the most part I findthe project unfocused and derivative(not only within the framework ofexperimental music en masse buteven with the confines of the albumitself). (Release POB 251Millersville, PA 1755 1)Burning Inside is the titleof the new album by MY OWNVICTIM. It took a couple of listensfor the full power of this album toreally register but now that it has, Iam completely sold. Starting with afoundation firmly &rounded in hard-core, M.O.V. then build up theirsound with heavy groove and a fewselect touches of metal, The resultis a sounil that is not only weightyand pounding but catchy as hell.The vocalist is as intense as any ofhis peers but the production is occasionallyunkind, robbing him ofimpact by burying him in the m~x.In fact the production as a whole israther subdued for such an over thetop band. I suggest you compensateby playing this sucka real loud!(Century Media - 1453-A 14th St.#324 Santa Monica, CA 90404)Waggletone Records is anamazingly diverse label putting out7%~ that run the musical gambit.Shall I tell you about a few of them?Of course I shall. Probably the mostinteresting is a red vinyl spilt 7"wi9 SEDUCER and ANTISEEN.SEDUCER are a long standingspeed metal act who have beenthrashing around ip the undergroundfor_over.a decade. Their contributiontho this record is definitely thebCt tune I have ever heard fromthese guys. The ANTISEEN side ofthe record is a tribute to some professionalwrestler (like I care) andthat dick, the very dead Ian, fromSCREWDRIVER (nazils shouldn'tdrive). ANTISEEN crank some ofthe heaviest and most ferocioushardcore going but their sense ofhumor (?) is a little too harsh for mytastes. -' FLIP 'NBOOGERS (what a great name!!!)are an experimental band who screwaround with all sorts ofeffects andloops. This is completely weird. Ifyou want tdcheck out a one-of-akindband and a oneof-a-kindrecord this is worth your while. -- The JEFF BRIGHT ANDTHE SUNSHINE BOYS 7" showshow willing Waggletone is to strayfrom any given formula as a label.This band play acoustic post-folkmusic with plenty of quirks andtwists to give it a truly unique feel.If you get tired of noise all the timeand are looking for something moresubdued and mellow, check this out.(Waggletone 150 Main St. West,Valdese, NC 26690)There is doom, there isambient doom, and themthere isSKEPTICISM. Their debut albumis called Stonnerowfleet and it ispacked with almost an hour of thesome of the slowest, most haunting,and emotional doom metal I haveever experienced. Hailing fromFinland, this band 's music graduallypermeates your mind like a slowmoving mist winding its waythrough the forests of their-home- . attention from the listener. The bestland. It sort of reminds me of 'I part of all is the fact that it is soMORDOR but not as oppressiyely unique. Nobody does it like .dark and sinister. in fact, the$ ire I NOMEANSNO. They are an enigmomemof hope and even hint$ ia - they must be because they arejoy present on Stortijcrowfll'6t. {so good 0 t h would ~(Red Stream POB 342 Camp Hill,;; qipping them off if they coiild fibrePA 17001-0342) 'atem out. (Alternative Tentacles - )After the collapse of their. I wait with baited breatheprevious label, it didn't take lie a kid on Christmas eve forOPPRESSOR long to find new digs euy new album by D.R.I. and 1 amat Megalithic Records. The first rarq disappointed. Their latest isrelease from this collaboration is the ca116 uU SpeedAhed and it finds.kuropean Oppression Live album the & R O ~ WE- Nwhich contains five live cuts from CIL&turning just a little bit totheir twenty-one show European their r&. This album has moretour with MALEVOLENT CRE- under-1%-minute blasts of thrash-ATION, VADER, and others. The core thannost of the later catalog.album also has two new songs (one But in no ";ayYare the band trying toof them being a MOTLEY CRU* cash in on gjI glories (I say this(SLUG'S house band) cover) and the even thou&hey rem& ':Who Amseven songs from the 1993 As Blwd 1") &cause \ere are tons of theFlows EP. In other words you get a longer, m6rf&veloped tunes aslot of bang for your buck. For those well. In othewrds this albumunfamiliar with the mightygives YOU the %of both yorIds. IOPPRESSOR they are one of the believe that sioQP,RL left Metalmost deranged bands crawling about Blade and SWorking exclutheunderground. Their death metal sively on Rotten &cords that theyis a Combination of technical virtu- have had a massi$jenaissance ofosity and low tuned horror. Their passion and ~f youflawless delivery sets them apart haven't given them chance lately,from most of their peers. This is a do it now. (Rotten Rcords )band to keep an eye on. And whilewe are on the subject of Megalithic From The Soapboxbands be sure to check out theMEDUSA OBLONGATA CD. ThisY'know the RpublicMsband has had some interesting are pretty disgusting gewlly butdemos over the past year but this the ones from my home Me ofCD puts all the pieces together and Utah seem intent on sinkiy to newshould once and far all rid them of lows. Sen. Hatch continuahisthe constant comparisons to never ending impersonatio~f aPANTERA. They have a furious Nazi with his constitutionalmendhardcoreinfluence that incorporates ment to ban flag burning (ittemsjust a hint of industrial to keep he loves the object more thwhethings on edge and in your face. principle it stands for) and EiyThe bands best selling point is their Weirdholtz proves once-and-ft-allintensity which is unrelenting. I that congressional seats can bealso admire their total DIYbought, while Bob Bennet striq forethics.(Megalithic 116 E. Pleasant . cultural homogenization. It isSt. Suite 200 Milwaukee, WI, embarrassing. They are even ww53212) than the local republicans who ca'tThere is currently a great find the money to build housing frresurgence of Canadian music that is the homeless but will readily renotaking the underground by storm. vate building space to lock up the'Bands that have been on automatic abundant supply of hookers. Seem2have suddenly kicked it into gear they find themselves tempt ed...and bands like NOMEANSNO that Stop the state, I hna get off.have always been great have gotteneven better. As evidence of this Ipoint to the latest album The.Worldhood ojthe World (As Such). . .The band take their rhythm centeredpunk to new heights of power and. pop sensibility. There is absolutely .no way that you can listen to thisalbum and not get your butt of thecouch and boogie. Th6ir sound'is soincredibly infectious that it demands