December 29, 2006

Brazilian Hardcore

Certainly, the brazilian hardcore scene is prolific in several styles in its genre. I have chosen to focus on these three bands, Are You God?, Carahter and Constrito, without ideological pretensions; these are simply great examples to ilustrate a panorama.

The "O Espelho de Carne" EP from São Paulo natives Are You God? is one of the best releases in the brazilian grindcore scene, by 2+2=5 Records. The self-proclaimed and self-explainable freestyle deathgrind genre perfectly reveals the band's good humor, proved with unusual concert performances, sarcastical interviews and the band's name itself (AyG > GAy) indicating a false homossexual tendency announced to the media. This record is surprisingly well recorded and executed comparing to similar brazilian bands; internationally, however, one may compare it to Nasum and Brutal Truth releases.


"O Intenso Desespero Sobre a Decadência Humana" is Carahter's impressive debut, from Liberation Records. With doom metal, death metal and grindcore influences, this Belo Horizonte band shows a strong record, alternating between slow paced and low pitched riffs and typical fast grindcore passages. The vocal layers, distorted bass and dissonance lead to a characteristical ambience in this short but concise album. Most probable band comparations are His Hero is Gone and Mörser.

Finally, Constrito's "Um Fio de Vida no Círculo da Morte", even five years after its release through Liberation, the São Paulo straight-edge band's record still is constantly acclaimed by critics and fans, which has had no official follow-up. The album goes through grind/crust and death metal influences; songs such as Umundií, Permissividade, Diáspora, Ciclo de Purificação and Amerikkka para Todos maketh this record strong and memorable. Nowadays, band members express sludge metal tastes through the L'Enfer project, with long, progressive, sometimes clean and effectful passages (differing from the original band's dried out sonority), besides some other oldschool hardcore and metal moments.

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A cena hardcore brasileira certamente é rica em diversos estilos dentro do gênero. Escolhi enfocar nestas três bandas, Are You God?, Carahter e Constrito, sem pretensão ideológica; são simplesmente grandes exemplos para ilustrar um panorama.

O EP "O Espelho de Carne" dos paulistas do Are You God? é um dos melhores lançamentos da cena grindcore brasileira, pela 2+2=5 Records. O seu auto proclamado e auto explicativo gênero freestyle deathgrind mostra muito do bom humor da banda, comprovado por shows performáticos, entrevistas sarcásticas, além do próprio nome (AyG > GAy) indicando a falsa tendência gay adotada pela banda anunciada na mídia. Esse disco é surpreendentemente bem gravado e executado comparado a bandas congêneres no país; internacionalmente, porém, pode-se compará-lo a lançamentos de bandas como Nasum e Brutal Truth.

"O Intenso Desespero Sobre a Decadência Humana" é o impressionante debut do Carahter, de Belo Horizonte, pela Liberation Records. As influências de doom metal, death metal e grindcore constituem um disco forte, alternando riffs graves e lentos e passagens rápidas típicas do grindcore. As camadas de vocal, baixo distorcido e dissonância dão uma ambiência característica ao curto porém conciso disco. Possíveis comparações a outras bandas podem ser com His Hero is Gone e Mörser.

Finalmente, "Um Fio de Vida no Círculo da Morte", mesmo após cinco anos de seu lançamento pela Liberation, o disco da banda straight-edge paulista Constrito ainda é constantemente aclamado por público e crítica, o qual não teve seqüência oficial. É um disco com influências que perpassam o grind/crust e o death metal: Umundií, Permissividade, Diáspora, Ciclo de Purificação, Amerikkka para Todos, enfim, quase todas as longas faixas fazem desse disco um trabalho forte e memorável. Atualmente, membros da banda expressam seus gostos por sludge metal no projeto L'Enfer, com passagens longas e progressivas, algumas vezes limpas e com camadas de efeitos (diferentemente do som seco da banda de origem) e outras com momentos de hardcore e metal oldschool.



December 25, 2006

Codeine



Subpop's forgotten treasure, Codeine is a standout in its proto slowcore sonority. With their 1990 debut album, one would consider the band as its style predecessor; even the so called fathers of slowcore Galaxie 500 were not as innovative as Codeine, since they are one of the few bands not recreating a down tempo late-career Velvet Underground with a shoegazer attitude.

1990 Frigid Stars is their sludgy, slow-paced flow of dissonant guitar fuzz and sharp bass lines debut album: D, Gravel Bed, Second Chance and Cigarrete Machine are simply breath taking.
Initially touring with David Grubbs' Bastro, the latter Gastr del Sol's frontman ended up playing piano and producing their 1992 album Barely Real, and playing guitar on the follow-up The White Birch - an undisputable masterpiece.

(1990) Frigid Stars / V0
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(1992) Barely Real / V0
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(1994) The White Birch / V0
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(1991) Bastro & Codeine - Music By / V0
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(1992) Demos / V0
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December 14, 2006

(Some explanation)

These months off were due to my pc's dc-power plug complete dilaceration. I've still no proper internet connection, I'm receiving signal from some neighbour not demanding a password for his wi-fi connection. since it's unstable, full album uploading will be difficult; I'll try to figure out a way of solving this, but it's definitely an easier issue than earning money for repairing.

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