Rating: 7.4

Country: Czech Republic

Release Date: 2007

Record Label: Khaaranus

Track list:
1. Stiff Ass Macrophallus Much Passion More Gel
2. Why Pay For Love When All Are Free
3. Black Bell is White Heart Thrashing After Some Time Is Knock Down We Hope To White
4. Ears Tearing Sound of Vibrator Is Smashing Up Womens Inward Organism (Mans Too)
5. When Thousand Womens Are Pouring One Palate Is Too Little
6. Pink Lady Already Isnt Smell Good Long Lips Are Darken
7. Long Life For King of Animals Pig is King Eat Him All
8. Food to Me Sex to Me Hooch to Me Work Its Your Job
9. Look at Toilet Bowl Reminds Me of Your Face My Baby
10. Widgeon is Finding Snake For Nightfly
11. Song About Greenpeace Man Vomiting Not So Good Swallow Tofu Cheese
12. Bush is Pig Fidel Castro Still Alive Hitlerrrrrrrr Is Usama Really

Band Website: G.O.R.E.

G.O.R.E. - Never Sober Level

Pitris - Guitar
Jožin - Vocals
Vilda - Drums
Èidar - Bass

No-frills grindcore bands that aren't hell-bent on breaking any speed, noise or intensity records are more often than not labelled ‘lacklustre', and with such bands sprouting up like magic mushrooms in the mind of a happily retarded stoner hippie, it becomes increasingly difficult for the band to secure the attention of the pampered listener even for the short duration of half an hour. To counter this the band either needs to play consistent high quality riffs throughout or they need to innovate. The former is a very tall order and most of today's adventurous bands try their hand at easy innovation by infusing in their music a healthy dose of gore coupled with catchy goofbeats to liven it up like a festival you can both revel and suffer in. However, not all of them are successful because the fun is often short-lived – once the fun novelty wears off there is little in the music for the listener to fall back on, and so he slumps to the floor, clutching his chest and thinking of his ill-spent $10.

Czech grinders G.O.R.E.'s music falls under the second category. Don't write them off just yet, for they have marvellously incorporated the best of both worlds. Even if you were to remove the light-hearted parts, their music that is rooted in the style of old Terrorizer and Brutal Truth will still give you good reason to headbutt the entire Italian team and a couple dozen of their metrosexual supporters. Moreover, the old-spirited sound is suitably streamlined with stinging and zestful Slovak grind touches of Obliteration and Abortion before the volatile goofiness is injected, after which you don't know whether to stay put and headbang insanely or jump about incessantly like a provoked gay jackrabbit with a pink bow. Ultimately, in spectacular fashion, you end up doing both at the same time.

Chainsaw-buzzing riffs akin to Terrorizer tear through your floor with the propagation of the sound waves, and its trajectory is constantly revised due to the fluctuating buoyant goofcore influence of their country mates Carnal Diafragma (Space Symphony Around Us) and Spasm (Lust For Feculent Orgasm). Smart timing and placement of the cool parts and catchy beats cause unexpected palpable ripples in their movement, and if you have an inert suicidal fatso friend sulking in your room, even he would lift up a leg out of near excitement. Close to the heels of that come pulverising, near death metal sounding hooks of old Brutal Truth and Barney Napalm Death that latch on to your feet like a tenacious Indian beggar and nearly topple you over. Production that is crisp to the verge of brittle, and orchestrated vocals that oft-feature screaming in animal frequency in the background while the main raspy vocals play their part and also the extemporised gay shouts make Never Sober Level all the more enjoyable. G.O.R.E. lose a bit of steam towards the end, but they more than make up for it with the last song, which is sort of a cover of the dance classic “Be My Lover” by La Bouche that I obviously recognise.

December 28th, 2007