i) 8& U@ 0 <strong>OCTOBER</strong> 1888 - When their first LP, 'Ignorance," '&me out in 1987, Sacred Reich was lust another of'what seemed like mil- .lions of second-string thrash bands; flstenable. but not much more and of- $n less. Altholigh their lyrics betrayed Sxcellent sociopolitical insight (and Yisgust), the vods were awf;l and the :mubcwasgenericthrash with a strong 31ayeroidtendency. Inetherwords, ho Rum. E So what the fuck HAPPENED? @hen did these guys turn into one of :%e best thrash metal bands around? :%is album is easily one of the best %rash albums in years. The eleven !vts here display a maturity and a :quality of songwritting that frankly *@med far beyond the reach of these 3ur Arizonians; htal and thumping, :yet hookey and melodic, coherent and :$usical, I wish everybody wrote such msistentfy good tunes. 2, The playing is razor-sharp, and ,Jf&d guitarist Wley Arnett has grown %toarippertoreckonwith, whilerhythm axe Jason Rainey keeps up the pace admirably. Yet the real star of this $how is Phil Rind (basslvocals), the @an hasactually learned how to SING! &re, he strains a bit on some of the sjower, more melodic stuff, but com- * to the guthrral grunts of earlier Reich, he sounds like an entirely different voice; cod and crooning one ininute, and roaring maniac the next. : ' Gotta mention the new guy, too: bve McClain, new drummer, brings exceptionally fine double-bass thunder to this harder, liwlier Reich. ke sounds like he's been in the band all his life, instead of a few months. : The songs are just that: songs, k t desparate clumps of haphazard riffs. First track 'IndependenP is a firrious, hard-charging attack track as am'Pressure"and 'Do it;" whiledarker, .kmdynumbers like 'Product" andUJust *That" twist more ~ntricateinterplay bf tempoand melody into an irresistibly mosh-inducing slam. The acoustic in- *trumental 'If Only" conjures the ghost pf eerie Black Sabbath "token" mellow songs: and 'I never Said Good-bye" is hota'powerballad"asthe banddaims, but rather a eulogy for Phil's recently- jieceased grand-father. ; Killer songs, killer playing, killer iound (Dave Jerden str~kes again!), What else is there? : Phil sumsit up best himself: 'Like body Maws with a blunt instrument." Yeah, but damming with subtly, mten- 8itywith intelligence. A welcome breath bf fresh air in a genre increasingly dominated by Nirvanaclanes, Helmetwannabes, and death-metal dorks. Good Stuff. --the Subhuman 'W Ukvclr cln) Imagine a bus wredc involving POISON IDEA, OBITUARY, HELMET and SEPTIC DEATH. Next, take the remains and in the words of ANGER OVERLOAD'S guitarist Johnny Bend: Tune to D and tum the distortion to lO"...that, in a nutshell is Ugly, 9 new songsof pissed-off mayhemandchaos by Salt Lake Cis ANGER OVER- LOAD. Lyrically, Ugly is achronicleof the discs by Helmet and the BeeGees will CONNSE A CAT p always be in the racks as well. --Doug ma-Ataa At first l was preny confused my- O~RUYmflEYIBLOCIWWI self,Con~aCatisa~~ngw sounding band. TO me they like Nirvana mixedwith Bauhaus, only with more childish krics and vocals. "Organum music is certainly not The music on this 3 song seven non-intentional ... chance procedures inch is noisy but calm atthe sametime. have never been of central artistic im- Tometheysoundtotal~original. Punk portance for me. I like to shape it." Rock expanding its horizons snl. , '...as I don't work with overt theories 4haau but with specific sounds and an internal urge there can't really be any goal. So each track is its own end. Really, there's no mystery to the music; I just make it because I want those sounds to exist. There's no reason.' +anurn's David Jackman 'The Church of the Absurd marches MI bti-bmks, anti-newspa- . . Creamen Ye99 sit down, shut up, and modem world- disappointment, futility, absurdity, biemess~ suffering and &If destruction ... all this and more furiously spit forth by vocalist Brad (and ensemble shouts), awash in crunching guitar riffs an a harmonic leads on a foundation of thundering bass and drums. Loud and heavy as hell. As for the official release date? Sometime in the future. Keep your fingers crossed and look for it soon. --Blaine Hopkinr S.B.O.T.H.I. pers, anti-films, anti-art, anti-maga- bite. zines, anti-poetry, anti-music, anti- They could be the bugh New clubs an~-communi~onsl we ,il York cousins to the Muffs. It's a punk anti-statements aboot anything album I think anyone would like. and everything, we will make a point of Dead Boy influenced guitar, and being pointless, we will drive back- a great Back Beat. 10 songs none of wards up one-way ~ ~ ~ ~ which ~ r suck. i t - MY favorite is Grandma erswillbemepianos...withwhichwe Slings that Crack which is self exshall compose anti-symphoniesl' planatory, Pissed is cool, butthere are -~b ~ ~ d -mhard 9 two cover songs that are just hot. a. In which Organum and Th'e New Blockaders bin together from their MRVm %L! desperate yet not too dissimilar positions to record the great din of the world collapsing. - D6CmIll Pop ii --ug Here's another classic case of a 'WlP" ~S-lrlrt"-RICWkI Interviewer: 'How long have you been CYPRESS HIU vmamlu" premature release. Instead of letting their prized treasure mature and put ,uta fully realiiedeffort, DOC Records ust had to have another hit. doing this music?" I really don'tlike rap but CYPRESS #In Ufero' may sell them some Achim Wollscheid: 'Since my mother HILLkicksmy big whiteass. Thisisthe ecords, since the singles carried me in her womb." There is no artwork on the pale first and probably last rap band I'll like so I decided to write a few lines about Heahaped Box"andUAll Apologiesm gotadditional, squeaky-deanattention sleeve. Upper leftcorner: 'last." Lower their new release. from studio doctor Scott Litt. right corner: 'S.B.O.T.H.I.' (acronym Black Sunday, or should it be However, those of us who weren't for Swimming Behavior of the Human called for Hemp. Because thats what in love with 'Nevermind" will be fms- Infant, though S.B.0.T.H I. has been a this band is, pro pot, and not just the trated, and it's not just LiWs fault group to parade their peculiar name around the marketplace). Tum the smoking aspect of it. The over all feel of this album is dark, and in your face. ~uch has been rnadeabout~mb Albini's produclion, but Albini's goofed sleeve over. Lower right comer: 'pro- Not letting up from song one 'I want to here. Instead of his typical production, duced by Achim Wollscheii 1989-1990, get high,' through 'Insane to the 'In Utero'sounds like it was recoded copyright Selection SLP 021 1991." Remove a plain white sleeve from the membrane." which deals with people going crazy when they see them live. on a tape recorder in his bathroom. Kurt Cobain's guitar is relished to cover, and the sleeve contains a completely transparent LP with no la- Track 10,'Hits From The Bong," is just that. A big bong hit. Word for word. asupporting role,as Chris Novoselic's bass and Dave Grohl's drums crash bels. Put the record on and sounds This band doesn't let up. Their album aimlessly all werthe place. Of course. effects never heard before begin to ~ssue hom the speakers. Did the deedle go skipping across the vinyl? Is there a loose connection somewhere? Speaker blowout? Power failure? Seismic disturbance? S.B.0.T.H.I.andtheothergroups on the Selektion label (P16.D4. LU, Mixed Band Philanthropist and others) have been stretching the limits of music and sound since the early '80's. A little searching will yeild any of a shows just that. When you think all is calm and mellow, they show you your wrong with a slap in the face, as on 'Cock the Hammer" whii is a verbal eye-for-an-eye thing: you jack me and I'll jack you back. Definitely in my top 10 with 3 112 stars, but don't take my wordforit,goseethem liveatsalt Aire in 013. with House of Pain, and bring your buds for the added pleasure. Kurt didn't give any of the songs a melody to speak of so he's not in the clear either. I may be more critical then usual because 'Nevermind" - was so huge, but any discerning fans will begready disappointed--and probably pissed at the jock-boy's screaming along cluelessly to 'Rape IMe" (while no1 understanding the point of the song). Save your money for some Washington bands that your support, number of intriguing releases from ihara nmllnr And dnn't wnrm thnrp like Tad or Silkworm, folks. -.lorn
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