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ANTIGAMA / DRUGS OF FAITH  split  3" CD   (Selfmadegod)   8.98


Two of grindcore's most forward-moving units come together on this blazing split 3" CD, packaged in a full-size jewel case decorated with awesome

apocalyptic imagery of blood-spattered, twilight sunsets and comic book style zomboid legions - fuck, this looks killer! Antigama from Poland deliver three

new songs that herald their upcoming Resonance album on Relapse, and they are all some of the raddest tunes these guys have put forth yet: "Herd" is

a churning blast of vicious grindcore with stuttering, atonal breakdowns and monstrous roaring vocals, kinda like Napalm Death's mid-90's stuff but enhanced

by electronic textures. "Gift" opens with some sickening polyrhythmic drumming and spastic guitar chug that reminds me of some of Candiria's whacked out

tribal freakouts, but then shifts into a warped deathgrind dirge with processed vocals and fucked up electronic trickery. And "Zombi" is a cover of the

classic Goblin theme from the original Dawn of The Dead...holy shit, does this rule, Antigama do a virtually picture-perfect rendition of Goblin's

original funk/prog peice, the creepy choir vocals, spacey keyboards and jagged disco synths and rolling bass drumming is all there, but the guitars are

beefed up and metallized. One of the best covers of a Goblin tune I've ever heard. If you're as big of a fan of Antigama's futuristic, digitally-mutated

grindcore as we are, then you've gotta hear this.

And then comes Drugs Of Faith, the bonecrushing power trio fronted by Rich Johnson of DC grind legends Enemy Soil...their last CD on Selfmadegod was an

awesome debut from the band, a politically-charged blast of vitriol fueled by a blenderized assault of atonal noise rock, hardcore punk, and straight-up

grindcore. The three jams on this disc continue in that vein: "Churchianity" delivers one of the nastiest anti-organized religion rants ever over a ferocious

attack of chest rattling buzzsaw bass guitar, catchy thrash riffage, and chaotic drumming. "Memoranda" is another brutalizing statement with veiled

references to Tony Blair's involvement in US foreign policy, conveyed through a furious dissonant dirge that lumbers at a punishing mid-tempo pace before

exploding into serrated guitar noise and blastbeats. And "Phantom" closes the disc with an apocalyptic blizzard of sludgy Am Rep noise rock sludge, visions

of blackened skies, and frantic grinding blasts. It's like Drugs Of Faith somehow channeled Napalm Death and Unsane into a tightly focused eruption of

dissonant crush. So awesome !!!

Instead of splitting each band's songs into two halves, this split CD alternates between the band's songs, which makes this an even more disorientating

assault. An awesome matchup from two of my favorite grind bands around, and highly recommended !!!