United States Bestial Forces (L.White, 3CD): Finally started listening to this (after about 2 months). Just finished the first CD. And it is a bit as expected: there's little that's just not good, lot of tracks which are ok to good and then again little that's really good. From a first listen it seems like I liked the Deeper Wells and Violent Pink tracks most. Richard Ramirez track is nice as well, though I don't think I'd be interested in getting a full release of this. Fire In The Head and Koufar seem well done, but not really my cup of tea. Now up to CD 2 and 3 and after that I'll probably start over once more. Btw, not that I check out all the flip sides of CDs, but I did with these and they look strange. Never seen CDs that are banded like these. Has anybody seen CDs like this before?
Grunt - Seer of Decay (Freak Animal, 2CD): First CD is really good. I really like that first track with the nearly Ambient atmosphere combined with the harsher sounds. The second CD is good too, though this pure metal junk is for me only good for once in a while. I like metal sounds, but I really like it way more when it is combined with other sounds and/or vocals.
The Black Scorpio Underground/The Vomit Arsonist (Hate Mail Recors, 7"): Well, this seems a bit disappointing. Didn't know TBSU, so got it for TVA, but on this split neither seem very good. Will listen again... Also, don't like the artwork. Front side is just a picture of I don't know what, backside is a crappy pixelated picture.
