More Japanese scat-obsessed grind weirdness from Bathtub Shitter! Yep, Dancehall Grind is another installment in the ongoing series of limited-

edition CD releases of Bathtub Shitter material that's been released through the band's own (S)hit Jam Records imprint. There's a freaking cult that's formed

around these guys, as they are one of the weirdest, heaviest Japanese grind bands in action, and I freaked when we got this disc in. Dancehall Grind

is the latest full length from the Shitter, recorded throughout 2004-2005, and rocks 13 songs of brand new material from these pot-hoovering, shit-

philosophizing, grinding groove gods as well as a cover of D.R.I.'s "Time Out". The disc opens with a short, goofy, Nintendo-type 8 bit melody, but

immediately launches into the Shitter's unique hybrid of crushing, rocking thrash metal and crusty grindcore, like a mutant mishmash of old school Japanese

grinders S.O.B. and Boredoms, Brutal Truth and Mr. Bungle, stoner rock and pulverizing Celtic Frost sludge and awesome Exodus thrash. You'd better belive

that this thrashes...blazing thrash metal mega-riffs smash into weird yet massive grooves that could almost be described as "funky",

jackhammer grind blasts get entangled in bursts of super catchy metallic pop-punk, garage rock licks and slap-funk bass appear over slow sludge metal

breakdowns and insane blastbeats. There's the airy fingerpickin' acoustic interlude titled "Shit Drop", and the fucked up closer "Stihs Latem" that has them

playing backwards. The 7 minute-plus "Rest In Piss" is a total deathgrind/prog mindmelt, it's convoluted riffs and tempo shifts stretching out far beyond the

duration of a typical grind jam, becoming trancelike as the slow, offtime funk-sludge riff alternates with supersonic blastbeats. It's all over the fucking

place. And Bathtub Shitter's vocalist Masato Henmarer Morimoto vomits up some of the most insane, ridiculous throat performances possible over the band's

chaotic musical arrangements, effortlessly changing up between super-gutteral, lung-busting gorebeast growling, snotty hardcore hollerin', and a freaked-out,

impossibly high-pitched shriek that sounds like a hysterical, coked-up anime cheerleader. And it all works so perfectly, the vocals and schizoid

grind shifts make this an awesome, comical, ridiculous, rumbling shitstorm of gnarly grind weirdness. The disc comes in an oversized 7" style sleeve with

weird, creepy cover art and full lyrics printed on the inside, plus a Bathrub Shitter sticker!