Malignancy
Inhuman Grotesqueries
Willowtip (2007)
a) "Neglected Rejection" b) "Benign Reabsorption" c) "Predicated Malformations" d) "Embryological Teratomas" Okay, here's how it works - you guess which ones are actual titles of songs by the band Malignancy, and which songs were created by me, inebriated after a night of Jäger-bombs using a thesaurus opened randomly to two different pages. Give up? All the titles are songs by the band Malignancy. Most likely created with a thesaurus opened randomly to two different pages after a night of Jäger-bombs. This could very easily make the band seem dumb. Like, remember when Slayer would try to use big words in their songs to make them sound smart? Come on now - don't tell me you didn't scour the dictionary for abacinate the first time you heard "Angel of Death." Great band, great music, but let's face it - not the sharpest cleavers in the block. Are Malignancy dumb? I didn't grade their SAT's, so who the hell knows? Besides, you don't need a MENSA membership to make a good album - and Inhuman Grotesqueries is a pretty darn good album in the death/grind vein. Good, meaty slabs of guitar with almost every three bars punctuated with a good-ol' fashioned … Read more
These Days
Chained to the Lake
Twelve Gauge (2007)
Following the release of their debut full-length, one of my favorites of 2005, These Days went on indefinite hiatus. Needless … Read more
Pechblende
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Indianola (2007)
I very nearly saw this band, in a barn, no less. From the time I saw the flier I was … Read more
