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Da grind - Disaster / Elysi�m / Sickbag / Desecrator CD
Genre: Grindcore x4
Origin: France
Released: 2005
Website: Disaster, Sickbag, Desecrator
Label: Dead Cirkus Records
Uploaded: 03.11.05

I don't think I've ever heard of either of these bands, but I'm fucking excited about this release anyway!
And the reason for that is the totally killer opening track by Disaster, setting the bar for the rest of the CD. Monstrous deathgrind with cookiemonster growling, insane back ups, unrelenting drums and slick riffing. The slamming breakdowns and powerful back ups in track 2 just blows a hole right through my head! This is a bloody awesome band, and I'm absolutely loving the massive music pumping out of my speakers as I write this.
After the heavy dose of death mangle we get four tracks of spastic hardcorish grindcore. Elysi�m brings elements of various kinds of violence into their music, two of them being powerviolence and hardcore, and speeding it up to fit grindcore! Schizophrenic, panically screaming vocals fitting any of the avantgrind acts out there, as well as deeper back ups.
And now on to the metallic grindcore of Sickbag. Bringing in both hardcore and death metal in forms of vocals and string-work makes this a great mix of genres. However, do not be fooled - this is nothing but pure and utter grindcore! Classic grindcore growls as well as desperate hc screams teams up for adding that extra touch to the mangle. Awesome grinding!
Whew... I did not expect this CD to end with an assault of this kind. Older/newer schooled grindcore with a vocalist waking the entire neighbourhood with his deep growls. The vocals leaves your ears bleeding, but still you want more. Now, the sound quality's not what you'd wish for, which definitely doesn't do this music justice. With a thick production I imagine Desecrator being able to create an awesome recording, to be graced by the entire grindcore scene...
What else do you want me to say? Four talented bands + four brands of great grindcore = a fully satisfied customer!

Tracklist:
Disaster
01. Decline of humanity
02. Molesting the fanatism
03. Black box lobotomy
04. Urban terrorism
05. Birth of ignorance
06. Chribou
Elysi�m
01. Attendre
02. Voix sans issue
03. Pousi�re
04. Short message
Sickbag
01. 1984
02. Who's the next?
03. Le gang des postiches
04. Temple of thieves
Desecrator
01. US vandalizer
02. Intifada
03. Sarkopit
04. GrindHXC sur violent blastbeat
05. Damn writer
06. Mouchrav
07. S.O.D.
08. Bravo les djeuns