Dysteria obviously approached their first LP album in a very responsible manner. The name of this album depicts the powerful hate of mankind...ant this is also well displayed in album's artwork...totally dried and cracked bottom of a lake...it is not just implying end of all living things, the message is very explicit. And the printing on a mat paper (check it) added some style to its externals.
I have noticed long time ago that englishmen love to make scary, depressive and filthy atmosphere... And they make it in various things, for example in pictures, films and music. You can feel that dark grey atmosphere of the old London (before the technological revolution) on this album. The sound here is rotted and filthy like an old wharf on Thames river. Musical part is an 8-song hardcore mixed with some pieces of crust (And if we know that crust is high-speed and funny thing, these guys have destroyed all the fun parts of it) and something dark like doom metal. Female vocal was a beautiful surprise for me, this girl screams generously and with some ignition, I loved it very much. Everything else here is quite common. In general Dysteria tries not to come out of frames of the genre and atmosphere of the album, but sometimes they sound boring, this is maybe the only disadvantage of this album.
Rating: 7.5/10 Dysteria Order this LP here!
Labels which release this split: WooAAargh,Vetala Productions, Rad Nauseam, Bones Brigade