Friday, October 27, 2017

Listening to Indonesian band Speedkill and French grindcore act, Fatal Nunchaku


Here are a couple of CDs, I have been listening to these past few days.

Buas by Indonesian metal band Speedkill
The Jakarta outfit’s second album – with a somewhat different line-up -- was released in 2016 (San Hitam Records) nine years after their debut album, Metallium A.D. was released in 2007!

Despite being sung in Indonesian, I can appreciate the band’s music. It’s thrash metal all right with those buzzsaw guitars played at breakneck speed. I don’t think the seven-track album slows down at all.


Paving Stone Under the Beach by French grindcore band Fatal Nunchaku
This is the third album from this trio from Tolouse, France that was released in 2011 by a consortium of labels (mainly from Indonesia). The songs – 18 of them – are short, fast, furious, and violent. Not really crazy about this kind of music. I get a kick laughing at the lyrics when you’re hard pressed to understand what the fuck they are growling about. According to the band, their lyrics are political and have vegetarian issues. Right.




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