Base Apes - The Orgy of Hatred
The sound is terrible and the music is generally not very interesting, although sometimes it tries to be Thrashy. The almost spoken vocals might be okay if the mix wasn’t so weird.
(0) Comment(s)
Aftermath - Words That Echo Fear
Aftermath’s sound has matured some since their first demo, 1987’s Killing the Future. Still heavier than Hell, but with a sharp edge, Words… reminds me of Reign in Blood era Slayer meets Suicidal Tendencies meets Wehrmacht. The demo has four songs: “Words That Echo Fear,” “A Temptation to Overthrow,” “Being” and “Experience.” Each song stands out in its own way, and is different from the others. It’s easy to tell that a lot of time was spent writing these songs. Do not miss out on this demo! Aftermath is going places, and this is your chance to hear them now, before everyone in the world is wearing an Aftermath T-shirt.
[Please note that the reviews in Metal Curse #1 and #2 did not have numerical ratings.]
(0) Comment(s)
Malicious Onslaught - Thrashed Black
Malicious Onslaught is simply not for me. They sound like they are doing a million things at once, in other words: they sound sloppy. Ted Hanauer’s vocals are annoying. The songs are too long, but might hold my interest if they were shorter. Much shorter. Perhaps it’s just the recording quality, but I don’t think so. The songs are non-memorable and easily forgotten. This band does have a somewhat different sound. I’ve heard worse, but I liked it better.
{MO would improve with every release, and eventually put out a pair of pretty good Black/Death Metal albums (Rebellious Mayhem and Brutal Gore).}
[Notes in {curly brackets} are from the Metal Curse 1 - 4 Collected Edition (1999)]
(0) Comment(s)
Algae Afterbirth & Playpen - Sloppy Seconds
I’m not sure what “Diaper Rock” means, but that’s how they describe themselves. Their songs are short Punk numbers, and are generally pretty good, but not really great.
(0) Comment(s)
Dear Death from Metal Curse #12
[Editor’s note: After his recent failure in the sculpting community for his art showing entitled “Puke: a Retrospective,” Death has left Seattle for New York City, where he hopes to legally shoot innocent people 41 times with his newly commandeered police badge. So here he is, the man, the legend, the underpaid slave of Cursed Productions… Dear Death!]
(0) Comment(s)
Dear Death from Metal Curse #11
[Editor’s Note: Cursed Productions has received an overwhelming number of calls and letters about the sudden removal of the Snow Piss Enema event from the 1998 Winter Olympics. We planned on sending Death to Japan to participate, but that and the Tonya Harding anal rape pornography we had lined up for this issue’s cover didn’t work out. In spite of the change in plans, Death has been very busy in Seattle working on Cursed Productions’ first CD-ROM title, tentatively titled Death Fuck 2000: The Rape and/or Execution of the Spice Girls. Look for it on our mail order list this summer or fall. And now, here he is, Karla Tucker’s new pimp in Hell: Dear Death!]
(0) Comment(s)
Dear Death from Metal Curse #10
[Editor’s note: Death was kidding when he told everyone that you could use Emetrol nausea medication as a local aphrodisiac in the recent Metal Curse online forum. Cursed Productions is not responsible for any disfigurement, scarring, or emotional trauma caused by anyone applying Emetrol to their genitalia. And now, here he is, reporting to us only a mile away from the Kurt Cobain indoor shooting gallery…]
(0) Comment(s)
Dear Death from Metal Curse #9
[Editor’s note: Death has recently relocated to Seattle, to work on his new book Necrophilia and other Deviant Practicies Usable for Tax Shelters. We will miss him at the home office in Indiana and patiently await for his first homicidal works of art in Ted Bundy’s home state. Until then, here he is, the fourth horseman, not the fifth Beatle, and the second coming of the Piss Christ…]
(0) Comment(s)
Dear Death from Metal Curse #8
[Editor’s note: Nothing to say this time. Just get on with reading the letters… and replies of Dear Death!]
(0) Comment(s)