31 tracks in a mere 14 minutes!? Only one song tops a minute, opener "Aztec Blood", with slowed down drums and vocals bashing away with some throbbing noise textures amidst it all. Everything else is somewhat similar: Just lots of distorted noise, harsh vocals, and bashing drums - but it's all totally distant and muddy, so you can barely make out any tangible details. How do I feel about it? Let's break it down, shall we? First of all, the band is called Volcanus, which, while it has mythological meaning, is a stupid name - especially when coupled with the silly anal imagery of the packaging. Secondly, as with all of the releases on this label, the packing is basically a xerox with sloppy design, this time quite hard to read due to the nasty asshole images underneath the loads of song titles. And beyond that, the actual audio portion of the disc is basically total crap. Allegedly the project is "Aztec-inspired", and the song titles would often tie into that, but there's no other suggestion of any content whatsoever. The music s completely raw and lo-fi to an almost unbearable degree, and everything is completely random and reeks of sarcasm and improvisational nonsense. You'll get 31 bursts of noise, of which almost all sound identical to a degree, sans the one or two that use samples, let the distortion get louder or more acerbic, or might happen to briefly quiet down for a few seconds. I have to assume they're having a good time with this and trying to be lightly humorous on some level, but this isn't for me. Thankfully it's incredibly short, so there's only so much to endure. But really, even as brief as it is, I start to wear down around the middle of the disc with "Deep Beneath the Earth's Surface". I just don't see the sense in a release like this. I know it's not just me, though I guess there is a select audience out there for this, but... I'm not among them.
[Voltagestress*r]
Running time - 14:18, Tracks: 31
[Notable tracks: pick one, they're all almost the same]
Voltagestress*r - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/voltagestressr/
