"Taunt are a German two-piece, who've drafted in a session bass-player for this recording. It must have been a crowded session, because it sounds like they're playing in an old shed with newspaper over the windows. They have a dirty, lo-fi sound, and don't bother messing about with more than two chords - the object here is to produce something which sounds nasty, not to astound the world with virtuoso fiddliness. The drumming holds it all together - chords are held long enough to let the volume begin to fade, and the drums are spare but interesting; the old adage "It's not the notes, but the spaces between the notes" is particularly apt here. There are no vocals, and essentially no variation in speed or dynamic, but somehow this could go on for another 10 minutes, and it'd still be compulsive listening.
Stumm's contribution starts with the nicest bit of feedback I've heard in ages, played off a big meaty riff. There's no real change in pace from the Taunt track - in fact, apart from a definite thickening of the sound (not so much shed as stinking cellar - you can practically hear the building vibrating above this Finnish three-piece), there's nothing much different happening. This time, though, there are goblin-in-a-tunnel vocals, largely (thank God) free of the horrible reverb which ruins many bands' efforts. The track is slow, sludgy, heavy as hell, and totally compulsive. But with only a minute to go, there's an unexpected torrent of chords at what could almost be medium pace - and then it's over, and you'll do what I did and turn it over to start again.
A very cheeky little number, this 7". Just enough to get the juices flowing. Evil teasing bastards."
I must be going fucking blind, because I thought that this split 7" was with Stumm and Taint, the UK post-hardcore band that has an album out on Rise Above. But it's not Taint, it's Taunt, a German two-piece. What a difference a vowel makes. Anyways, this 7" is one of the heaviest 7"s I've gotten in in recent memory, this thing feels like it's 180 gram vinyl or something close, total Euro dinnerplate pressing. But it would have to be pretty thick to be able to contain the 14 minutes of evil-sounding, monstrous tarpit sludge that Calculon has captured on here. Taunt, normally a guitar/drums duo, brought in a session bassist to record their track, a filthy, primitive low-fi ultradirge, a simple two-chord riff grinding into infinity, spare drum hits thunder out every couple of seconds, the feedback and decaying riffs ozzing into Taunt's dead spaces like disease. There are no vocals, and it plays like a bludgeoning troll mantra, dropping your consciousness into a bleak filth pit.
Stumm had previously flattened me with their I album on Aesthetic Death from 2006, so it's good to hear some new damage from the Finnish doomsters...their track "2x6" is another brutal dose of dank sludge, vicious feedback giving birth to huge, crusty riffage stinking with the DNA of early Celtic Frost, churning slowly over the tracks lenghty running time, and finally erupting into an unexpected midpaced thrashout at the end of the song. Relentlessly crushing sludge/doom, and crucial for fans of Thergothon, Khanate, Wreck Of The Hesperus, Coffins, Bunkur, Moss, Monarch, and similiar glacial plaguebringers. The record comes in a burgundy sleeve printed with eerie images and text quotes that reference states of clinical depression and emotional despair - quite fitting for the intense downer vibes that these bands project. (CRUCIAL BLAST)
DOOMEDSOULS
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29.04.2007 16:51
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