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Antigama
- Discomfort - Selfmadgod Records 2005
13 Songs
Running Time: 30:17
When you think of the words "Poland" and "metal", the names
that most likely spring to mind are the death/black bands for which the country
is known. You know, your Vaders, your Behemoths, and the incomparably under-exalted
Crionics. Unbeknownst to most of us (myself included), there's a not-so-unfertile
grind scene that's developed in the past five-odd years. Bands like Reinfection
and Fleas And Lice, as well as Eyehategod devotees, Nyia, have been popping up
here and there, infesting their countrymens' senses with the rotted proclamation
that Poland has much more to offer in the way of music to kill by. Well, now
add Antigama to that list.
Although I had yet to hear of the band prior to this release, Antigama have been
puking up their musical bile in squats and on tours for about three years now.
Spending quite alot of time on tour hasn't quelled the already-extensive audio
documentation of these grindbastards, the past few years giving birth to somewhere
around ten various projects in the form of split discs and a few MCDs. The musical
familiarity with each other that Antigama has is apparent from the discordant,
yet uber-technical beginning of 'Flies', recalling an earlier and more "low
end friendly" deadbodieseverywhere. There's an electronic side to Antigama
as well, 'Bloodmaker' being a mish-mash of power electrogrind and dirty vocal
devastation. The brilliantly-titled 'Stupid Fuck' lets the grind foundation of
the band slip a bit in the first half of the song or so, but only to let the
Benumb on crystal meth attack of Sebastian's guitars pound you into obliveon
just in time for the suprisingly riff-friendly 'Who Is My Enemy?' to mount it's
assault on your frontal lobe. Vocalist Lucas sounds like a frenzied Yeti, and
thankfully, Discomfort is void of the screech and wail found
in so many grindcore bands today. 'This Structure Is Tight' begins with yet another
display of what I'd otherwise call "power electronics", were it not
so damned ravaging. Listening to Antigama at times is like being driven off a
cliff, and knowing that your killer is in the seat beside you, snarling with
laughter all the way to your mutual destruction. The rhythm-driven 'Shit From
Arse' slugs and howls in fine Pig Destroyer fashion, and 'Save Copy As' swings
from chaotic grind madness to Swarm Of The Lotus style pummelling. The last song
on Discomfort is actually a remix of 'Fala' by Italian industrial
proto-electronic collective The Seed, and presents an entirely new take on an
older song done originally by Antigama.
With Discomfort, Poland's Antigama have proven, by blending
so effortlessly two disparate musical styles, that the true lifesblood of any
scene is often found in the underground. Seek out Discomfort soon,
before that fucking scabies-ridden sofa on the cover comes crashing through your
front window.
www.antigama.com
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