First Dictators album in 23 years, D.F.F.D. opens with “Who Will Save Rock and Roll?,” a single from a couple of years ago that should cast aside any doubts.
Reminds me of the excitement of first hearing God Forbid, December throttling each song with an incredibly progressive and intellectualized death sense.
The Defaced combining extreme Swedish violence with the white hot and heaviest bits from Amercian nĂĽ metal bands, most notably Machine Head and Slipknot.
Recorded live in Brazil in 1998, Live is a pretty straight-up live performance (hence the name), with no frills, overdubs, extra features, or backstage antics.
Like a Monty Python skits mixing actors in surreal environments and illustrated worlds with a lotta gore and drooling and spooge, but take away most, um, sense.
While there’s the usual chaotic quick-cutting to confuse you, even just straight-on shots of the bald-headed’n’goateed singer, Ihsahn, are pretty scary.