Death is June- FAKE DUST - "Decrepitizing Din Of The Cerebral Psyopticon"

 

When you like bands like Full of Hell and Portrayal of Guilt, who fall somewhere between grindcore and powerviolence, finding new music in that vein is not always easy. So i took a chance with this band. They are basically death metal for people with ADHD, who medicate it with cocaine and alcohol rather than Big Pharma. They blast through the first four songs in the blink of an eye. There are some cool riffs flown by you in that time, but not enough to hook you into what is a sonic assault and battery. You are five songs in before you know what seems to be a long, spastic song. Long by grind core standards, as the first five songs clock in at around five minutes. 

"Substance Abuse Lifestyle" is not only a pretty accurate song title, but in its 52 seconds almost forms an identity of its own. "Insominac Fluid" does have a more purposeful riff for a few seconds. "Cooked at Conception" actually makes it over the two-minute mark, how self-indulgent of them. They actually need to do more of that. "Detaching' sounds like a train knocked the drummer down the stairs, then the guitar was the tank that rolled over him afterwards. Their drummer is pretty insane; there is no question about that.

I used to think there was little songwriting involved in something like this, but there can be as you have to cram a great deal into a short time frame. I think the key is not getting lost in the chaos. That is the part these guys struggle with a little. "Delete" has more punk in its veins. Then they bring hyper-fast death metal back on "Little Bottle". You can at least get a better idea where they are flying off to on "Living Conditions,"/ Though it's hard to call "Marker" a song. The last song is almost three minutes, so that is really the test for them of what they can do in the span of a normal song. There are a few seconds of ambiance before they crunch into something that is obviously the album's best song. I will give this album a 7.5; there is potential but they are caught up in the hyperblast mentality of the genre.