| Nihillist/Peter Penis and the Transformers - split 7" |
| I thought this was going to be complete Austrlaian noise bullshit
- sure, it's darn noisy but how very wrong i was. Seminal newie grind maniacs
Nihillist begin this 7" playing fast screechy hardcore/crust crossover.
Lightening pace but songs are pretty long. Not as good as the paranoise
tape comp tracks but nevertheless still some decent grind here. if you
think PPT's name is wierd then wait till you here the band! Two tracks
that sounds more like ten short sharp bursts of severe crust/grind bile
interspersed with wierd electronica. Thumbs up for beinbg original, the
only comparison could be US band Locust (but their casio sound sucks, at
least PPT use reasonable equipment). Go the Newie grind extremists, the
underground is still alive and vomiting!
~Buzz Zine Contact: PO Box 2082, Dangar, NSW, 2309, Australia |
| Arms Reach/Forward Defence - split 7" |
| OK, everyone is raving about newie and yeah, I'll admit that its
pretty damn good. Newcastle hardcorers arms REach are the best of the two
bands, contributing four great tracks. Standouts include "Your Rules Not
Mine" with its cool and justified "anti-rules in the hardcore/punk" message,
and also "Release" with its fuckign hard riffing - this is the perfect
music to stomp to, and its making the prospect of their forthcoming ep
seem more and more tantilising by the mintue. On the flipside, it's up
to Forward Defence to entertain us and they do so in typical style. This
is five tracks of harcore mayhem, with tracks such as "No way out" and
"This Fate (both of which have appeared on Canberra Compilations) being
my pick of the bunch. However on the downside, Id just like to point out
the current exploitation of this great band. I mean, there was supposed
to be a 7" out on the Heinous Fuck label for more thatn two years running!
Then this band splits up and suddenly whoopee, everyone wants to throw
money at them and most of the cash in on the fact that they split up. This
has nothing to do with FD, I just think that they were worthy of this sort
of attention before they split up, this hardcore cash-in is getting pretty
monotonous. Oh yeah,I should mention that this comp is so well packaged
with its glossy fold out cover and awesom lyric inset. Its a great effort,
I just think that FD deserved it before the worst happened. by the way,
ARMS REACH RULE!!!!!!!
~Buzz Zine Contact: PO Box 175 georges Hall NSW 2198. |
| Conation/FAT Human Filth - split 7" |
| Praise is definately in order for paranoise, they are doing a fantastic
job with supporting the thriving local grind/crust/powerviolence scene
and this ep is no exception. mBoth bnds do the grindcore thing with good
speed variations a rarity when talking about this kind of music. Conation
are one of Newcastles hottest bands at the moment - their songs are afflicted
with that slow-fast-heavy combination a la Grief which is just so awesome
to hear, all seven songs are winners with those 7 seconds long one liners
being the standouts, especially "Corporate killing". "Good Governement"
is a ripper too. FAT give us the songs 20-25 inclusive. I really like their
speed variations, they pull it off so well and the recording really does
them justice. Comments on the packaging too, it's real good with lyrics
sheet and song explanations. Two thumbs up.
~Buzz Zine Contact: PO Box 2082, Dangar, NSW, 2309, Australia |
| No Strings Attached - Self Titled |
| The Kings of Australian Melodic Punk? Who cares this band is cool
in a kooky sort of way, to be fair after seeing them live i was dissapointed
when i heard the tape. Live N.S.A has a much harder sound and seemed to
carry the crowd with them. The tape sounds a bit flat and Dave never seems
to really get into it on guitar being messy and all over the place, still
worth getting hold of however. The standout tracks are "Something's Wrong",
the bands anthem about consumerism and "Closed Learning", These two songs
RAWK!!!
Contact: Intent Records PO Box 679, Dickson, ACT, 2602, Australia |
| Bias, Infliction, Nihilist, Brutal Truth... 2nd, Sept, '98 |
| Well I was really keen for this gig but well the venue sucked the sound was terrible and the place was filled with fucking metalheads! The evening started off with Bias and their punchy Korn/Deftones inspired sound and despite my preconceptions i actually liked em. Next was Infliction who fucking rawk if you get the chance go see them cause i cant describe it... imagine a weedy farmer... nah i canna do it, anyway they dedicated their song "hate" to the venue wich just about summed it up. Nihilist again sounded awesome, but i was pretty drunk by that time and cant remember enough to write about it. Brutal Truth sounded a bit tired and i couldnt really get into it because of the amount of thrashing hair and slutty chicks... decided to go and finish a longneck in the car and on my way out kicked over a whitepower bike got chased by a bouncer and fled:) damn im hard! fuck im a bit depressed though it could have been a wicked gig but it just didnt happen for me. |
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