Qwertyy's Journal of Music Reviews and Other Assorted Ramblings

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 07-19-2016, 11:09 AM

Waiting on grindy's album because I can't seem to find it on Soulseek, so MISB will be next instead.

Thoughtless by Man Is The Bastard
Recommended by: Frownland

I've enjoyed nearly every powerviolence record I've heard, and these guys seem to be pretty well known within the scene, so I have high expectations for this, let's see if it delivers.

Puppy Mill - The album kicks off with some industrial noise, before moving into a hardcore beatdown of epic proportions. There's a ton of hardcore influence on this first track. Not too fussed about this opener to be honest, it felt very stop/start with the instrumentation, and never really hit me all that hard. It's just one track though, so hopefully they turn it around quickly.

Kosher Grimace - More noise to start this one, they seem to dip fairly heavily into the realms of noise music, which is a genre I can't say I'm very familiar with at all. Yet again, this one feels more hardcore than it does PV, which while not necessarily an immediate disappointment, it is somewhat of a letdown considering what I went into this thing expecting.

Unweened Infrant Orphan - Morrrrreeee noissseeee. That's been the most interesting part of the album so far, if I'm being honest. Well, that track was pure noise.

Tyke - Finally, a cut that feels fairly heavy. Even then, it isn't really what I was looking for. I hate to call this boring, but I'm having a hard time focusing on the music, because it just really isn't all that interesting.

The Giant Ebola - The way these songs keep opening with heavy feedback and all this noisy production seriously makes me wish they were doing something more impressive with the music itself, because I love the atmosphere it creates, it has me on edge.

Prepared Hammond / Interplanetary Intrusion / Galactic Insect Swarm / Lunar Landing - This one sounds like someone is sticking their cock in a radar, kind of rad, not going to lie. Actually, it's more like a Pac-Man arcade machines turned up to full speed and then fast forwarded x10. My ears are pulsating at this point, I think that's a good thing? The constant beeping was broken up by a short little interlude, but it's not back, and perhaps even more intense? I'm not sure, I can't remember what it sounded like prior to this. I wouldn't say I love this, mainly because I'm not sure I understand it, but I don't hate it either so that's a plus.

This is starting to get old now, it's running on too long and I'm starting to get a headache from this thing... ew I sound like JGuy right now.

Well ****, I guess there were two tracks in here that I didn't even notice.

Forced Alien Confinement & Short Trek to the Cauldron - Both of these are around 30 seconds long, the first sounding like pure distorted noise, and the second one serving as a really cool noisy, electronic glitch interlude with loud tribal drums in the background. Short Trek might be my favourite song on this thing.

Moloch - Time for the closer, but it's one hell of a long closer. I'd say it's too late for the band to save the album or really blow me away, but I would still like to see a decent powerviolence track before this thing ends.

I've been on their Wikipedia page reading, and apparently they released a split with a convicted murderer on death row? These guys are really about it, I guess.

So far, this track has been pretty lacklustre, with some slow downtuned guitar riffing and the vocalist screaming a political rant and using the word Moloch a million times. The word Moloch is officially my least favourite word ever.

God, this song sucks, and it just won't end. It's like 10 minutes long, featuring the same ****ty guitar riff and boring drum pattern. Just end now, please.

FINALLLLLY that torturous wreck of a song is over and I'm free to go.

I was not a fan of this, at all. As I said multiple times throughout, I found the noise sections to be far more compelling and intriguing than anything the band played. It just felt like super repetitive, slow-paced riffing and rants about political activism that I honestly couldn't care less about. I had heard good things about these guys, maybe they're just not my cup of tea though.

Final Verdict: this one is going to be the first fail, it's not complete **** but it definitely isn't worth revisiting and it hasn't convinced me to check out any of their other material.