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Excruciating Terror - Divided We Fall - Pessimiser Records |
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Written by Richard Taylor
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Thursday, 10 November 2016 |
Review of the Excruciating Terror album Divided We Fall on Severed Cinema

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Band:
Excruciating Terror
Album: Divided We Fall
Members: Martin Alvarado (drums), Raul Caballero
(guitar), Victor Garcia (vocals.
Year: 1997
Country: USA
Runtime: 29:33min
Label:
Pessimiser Records
Official Website:
facebook.com/Excruciating-Terror-172218072887628
Track Listing:
1. Disease
2. Respect
3. In Cold Blood
4. Don't Care Who You Are
5. por que no consoco el miedo
6. Ignorance Is Bliss
7. Bomb Has Fallen
8. Without Mercy
9. Turbulence
10. E.T.
11. Give Up
12. With Me
13. Divided We Fall
14. Human Error
15. Addiction
16. Another Rejection
17. You Reap What You Sow
18. Careless Attitude
19. Suicide
20. Just Another Victim
21. Thoughtless |
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One of the most
blistering and tight as a tiger grindcore releases to have ever
made these ears bleed.
Excruciating Terror, from their
album cover of their debut
Expression of Pain seemed to
come off as a D-beat band with the war atrocity cover artwork,
and I never heard a lot about the CD upon its initial release in
Metal Maniacs, my go to magazine for all things metal back in
the day. I actually picked up
Expression of Pain in a
used music store that was actually cool enough to let you listen
to the stuff you picked out before you bought it. Upon listening
to the opener, Self Destruct, I was hooked and more so by
all the following tracks as they sped things up.
I actually only heard of
Divided We Fall through a guy I
was writing movie reviews for in a very small zine publication
who was kind enough to make a mixed tape for me with
Divided We Fall on it. This was before the internet really took over
of course, and the postal service was my source of dealing with
underground music.
Divided We Fall is a superior
grindcore album and absolutely slays most releases in its path.
It's just a shame the band never released much after. Before
Expression of Pain, I know they had an EP, splits and a
demo, and after
Divided We Fall they had a split release,
a live EP and another live release. It seems as of 2014/2015
they were still playing shows. Vocalist Victor Garcia has the
band Endless Demise, who are another grindcore project.
Divided We Fall follows where
Expression of Pain
left off but this time upping the ante by adding these
incredible machinegun firing drums which just seem to get beaten
with such savage and tight precision you can't help but smile
and think, these guys know their shit. There are lots of crazy
time changes, blast beats which just come out of nowhere and
some crazy breakdowns. There are a couple of more mid-paced
chugging songs but nothing resembling Self Destruct off
Expression of Pain.
Stand out tracks for me are In Cold Blood with the
craziest drumming breakdowns thrown in, Human Error and
the coolest slowed down drum sequence on the album goes to
Addiction. Victor Garcia's vocal style has gotten crazier
with the lows and the ear scorching highs. The style is unique
and I've never heard anything like it, plus the drumming by
Martin Alvarado is simply jaw dropping and the fuzzy guitar
riffs from Raul Caballero are a grind fans wet dream.
Divided We Fall is one of the best examples of pure grindcore you
will ever find. I recently saw a recent live performance from
these guys on YouTube and they are no fucking joke. Everything
sounds just as good live now as it did back when the albums were
released.
Divided We Fall released in 1997 still kills
today in 2016 and is a must own with
Expression of Pain
in any grind fans music collection.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 10 November 2016 )
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