These Scottish collaboration is like a little clot of rage. Behind the pretty stylish design the pretty fucked-up recording is hidden. These two modern bands show us how nicely sick englishmen can be... but lets keep things in order
Hmm, it's pretty good idea to make a noisy intro and to kick the listener just the second after. Godhole made a solid sound with the metallized accents, not bad. Hard chaotic hardcore/powerviolence shoud be certain to the taste of all modern hardcore lovers. It's full of agression and that's good. But the recording itself is rather noisy.
Crozier is something experimental, noisy and screaming. A load of effects had been layered on the record make it more interesting. Chaotic rhythm comes as and electrical impulse through the ears. The guitars have a sharp sound as in Godhole, this makes them very similar. I can't say that this is 100% my cup of tea but it was very interesting to listen. Also on the track "Anthrophobia" we can even hear a few moments of black metal.
Rating: 7.5/10 Godhole Crozier You can buy this split here!
Labels which release this split: Rip Roaring Shit Storm Records, WOOAAARGH, Mind Ripper Collective, SuperFi Records, Hackebeil Records, Rad Nauseam, F.H.E.D., Vetala Productions
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
