CoC : Various - Four Ways To Misery : Review

Various - _Four Ways To Misery_
(MMI/Sepulture Prod., 1995)
by: Gino Filicetti (9 out of 10)

This four band split CD comes to us from German underground label MMI Records now being distributed in Canada by Mike Campbell's Sepulture Productions. All I can say is that I completely loved this record! The four bands included here are Toronto's own Caesarean Section, Germany's Nyctophobic, South Africa's Groinchurn and Winter of Discontent, the one man band hailing from some unknown distant land (probably the middle of Iowa!). First on the CD are four tracks by Caesarean Section which consists of two former members of Inner Thought, Roland Murray (guitars/bass/programming) and Kelly Montico (vocals). The band is reminescent of Carcass at a musical stage between _Symphonies..._ and _Necroticism..._. Songs like, 'Vaginal Discharge Regurgitation' or 'Ailing Surgical Vexations' are just the first clues to suggest this fact. Their vocals are really a jewel in my eyes with Kelly's multifacetted voice, the vox are constantly going from the deepest guttural burpings to the most agonizing high pitched screeches and are even double tracked onto each other at times producing a very cool vocal effect. The next band is Nyctophobic, with seven tracks they comprise the better part of the CD. Their sound is a kind of grinding death metal in the vein of Edge of Sanity, the bass lines are what I personally enjoy most about this band. Most of their seven tracks begin with an intro sample which vary from a policeman describing a daylight murder of another cop by a bum who stole the cop's gun, all the while being urged on by the crowd that gathered to pull the trigger, to an interview with some satanic band member describing his hatred of God because of seeing his grandmother die of cancer in his arms spitting up black blood. The next band here is Winter of Discontent with three tracks. They are by far the most experimental band on this CD, their sound is hard to describe but essentially it is a mix between very slow grind, almost doom, and black metal. While being a one man band (remind you of anyone?), Eric Sandusky does employ the help of a female vocalist, something which everyone knows I am powerless to resist. Finally the last band is Groinchurn, another grindcore band, their songs have a certain element of humour to them that reminds me of Exit-13. Songs like 'What About Them Injuns?' 'Let's Put The Fun Back Into Fundamentalists,' and the Deicide satire, 'Satan Spawn, The Idiots.' Of their 10 tracks, barely 4 of them are over 2 minutes long. And for a finale, the band includes, 'Funky Funk and the Motherfunking Shitfuckers' a slow, funk/fusion type song that's good for a laugh. All in all, I really liked this CD and I recommend it to everyone, contact the address below for any info.

(article published 17/1/1996)

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