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| Soil of Ignorance/Wadge: Split |
Grindcore
Give Praise Records
May 31st, 2011
Soil of Ignorance:
- untitled - 4:35
Wadge:
- Maim to Please - 2:32
- Today's Curse - 1:20
- Sit Gimply Biscuits of Gibletshire III - 1:45
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Release length: 10:14
Review posted on June 6th, 2011
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| Discography |
Discography covers all information available up to day of review and is updated if future albums are reviewed. |
| Soil of Ignorance |
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Soil of Ignorance/Wadge (2011)
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Give Praise Records is working hard to uphold their mission of making "Fastcore" a household name. Among some of these releases is the new split involving Grindcore powerhouse acts Soil of Ignorance and Wadge, both bands bringing a grand total of a little more then ten minutes of furious Grindcore to the mix. But, for as furious and even as heavy as the material might be, do these tracks actually stand out in the Grindcore world?
First up is the Soil of Ignorance side of this release. Sadly, once again this side is not sorted out into actual tracks, and no track lists are given either. It sounds as if there are five tracks on this side from the band on this side, but not all of them are the most impressive. The audio quality is very raw and while the music is loud and obvious, hammering away at the listener with a rather typical grinding manner, the vocals seem to be lost in the mix, and again feel very typical for the style with it's shouting in a manner that would suit some NYC-based Hardcore bands like Agnostic Front. Of course, the song does gradually slow down, and that slower section really works in favor of the song and causes the band to earn a bit of a unique vibe with it's crushing ringing out of guitars, as well as moments of heavy blasting on the drums with deep guitars backing it up until the very end. This very quickly goes into the next track which sounds pretty good and easily grabs the listener's attention, but for some reason the music only comes out of the left speaker, which causes everything to just sound crushed together in a mono sound against that raw, analog recording, causing plenty of static and white noise to go through from so much going through one speaker. Next is a very brief less then ten, fifteen second grind, then another short track that is maybe twenty songs long, and then things go back to start with a song full of random blastbeats and slower movements like at the start of this side, but even the vocals seem to go into a more guttural performance at times.
On the other side, we have the three tracks donated by Wadge (which luckily have been sorted out in this promo unlike the Soil of Ignorance side). The band has a steady Grindcore impression, but the foundation of the music has more of a Crust Punk/Hardcore feel to it. It leads to some very catchy material, such as the first track of this side titled "Maim to Please" which shows the more Punk-heavy influenced Hardcore among some random blast beat-like moments. Some of the drumming here, though, clearly sounds inhuman, such as the inhuman cymbols that occur during "Topsy's Curse". Clearly the lyrical content on this side isn't meant to be all that serious, which is also rather evident with the closing grind powerhouse "Sir Gimply Biscuits of Gibletshire III", and at times the band even seems to have a sort of pirate vibe to the music, mostly thanks to the way the vocals are performed.
While Soil of Ignorance isn't the most unique Grindcore band out there, Wadge certainly makes up for it with their different Grindcore approach, coming off sometimes as British pirates, or even at times like a Grindcore version of Jaldaboath without the midi synthesizer. The production issues on Soil of Ignorance also can't be overlooked, and the overall quality of those songs are thick and heavy, which adds to the atmosphere, though Wadge brings a somewhat clean, yet lower volume recording that packs as much Hardcore intensity to the Grindcore in that manner. Is it worth checking out? Yes, though Soil of Ignorance is something only the most seasoned, die hard Grindcore fans may embrace, but overall it has some decent material for a ten minute time span, and is worth at least looking into for Wadge moreso then Soil of Ignorance.
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Digital review copy of this release provided by:
Give Praise Records
via Earsplit PR.
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