Misery Index Review
Band | |
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Album | Misery Index |
Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
Released | January 1997 |
Genres | Deathgrind, Grindcore |
Labels | Sound Pollution Records |
Length | 15:21 |
Ranked | #170 for 1997 , #7,622 all-time |
Album rating : 78.8 / 100
Votes : 4 (1 review)
Votes : 4 (1 review)
July 26, 2023
What is there to say about this 15-minute album by Assück? It’s manic, ripping Deathgrind embodying a sense of hopeless chaos. Despite the tiny track lengths in a very flat genre, the band does well at giving each song a little dash of uniqueness to separate them from each other. This makes the short run of 15 tracks feel much more distinguished. Even with that, the album is perfectly consistent front to back.
The riffs are quite good among the genre. Unfortunately, it does suffer from the traditional Grindcore problem of “too chaotic/noisy to really make much out.” The drumming here is a big problem for me. Don’t get me wrong, the drummer is clearly incredible, able to hit insanely fast blast beating while maintaining accuracy. The problem is, there is just too much all out blast beating, and it’s too loud. The guitars get buried, it’s difficult to make things out. I know this is what Grindcore is all about, but that’s one reason I’m just not a fan of the genre.
The vocals are great here as well, but the lyrics are almost ridiculously hopeless word salad. Sounds like someone looked through a thesaurus for every somewhat complex word of or relating to “pessimism.” They don’t make much discernable sense.
The riffs are quite good among the genre. Unfortunately, it does suffer from the traditional Grindcore problem of “too chaotic/noisy to really make much out.” The drumming here is a big problem for me. Don’t get me wrong, the drummer is clearly incredible, able to hit insanely fast blast beating while maintaining accuracy. The problem is, there is just too much all out blast beating, and it’s too loud. The guitars get buried, it’s difficult to make things out. I know this is what Grindcore is all about, but that’s one reason I’m just not a fan of the genre.
The vocals are great here as well, but the lyrics are almost ridiculously hopeless word salad. Sounds like someone looked through a thesaurus for every somewhat complex word of or relating to “pessimism.” They don’t make much discernable sense.
Track listing (Songs)
title | rating | votes | ||
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1. | QED | 0:36 | 75 | 1 |
2. | Salt Mine | 1:09 | 75 | 1 |
3. | Corners | 0:53 | 75 | 1 |
4. | Dataclast | 0:52 | 70 | 1 |
5. | Blight of Element | 0:53 | 75 | 1 |
6. | Talon of Dominion | 0:53 | 75 | 1 |
7. | Unrequited Blood | 1:15 | 75 | 1 |
8. | Wartorn | 1:43 | 75 | 1 |
9. | Sum and Substance | 0:48 | 65 | 1 |
10. | Riven | 0:57 | 75 | 1 |
11. | Reversing Denial | 0:55 | 75 | 1 |
12. | Lithographs | 0:57 | 75 | 1 |
13. | Intravenous | 0:51 | 75 | 1 |
14. | A Monument to Failure | 0:59 | 75 | 1 |
15. | In Absence | 1:31 | 80 | 1 |
Line-up (members)
- Steve Kosiba : Bass
- Rob Proctor : Drums
- Steve Heritage : Guitars, Vocals
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