Rating: 7.5

Country: USA

Release Date: 2006

Record Label: SelfMadeGod Records / Red Candle / 3XM

Track list:
1. Lost Inside Yourself
2. Death Porn
3. Sprayed By Cans Of Shit
4. Gorebortion
5. Tuan Tran: Murderer/Rapist?
6. Uncompromising Sexual Harassment At Work, Home, And In Public
7. Harvesting The Cunt Nectar
8. Skeleton Toucher [mp3]
9. Desperately Craving Anal Attention
10. Fist-Fuck Death Grip
11. Buying A DVD Player (Then Raping You With My Old VHS Tapes)
12. Albukkake, NM
13. A Knife Called Pussylicker
14. Prowler In The Shower [mp3]
15. The City And The World
16. Catholic Slut
17. 2nd Ranked Phallic Offense VS. 26th Ranked Vaginal Defense
18. Eat Your Entrails And My Kult Ejaculant
19. The Moment You Start To Enjoy It, It'll Get Worse
20. Priest In The Preschool
21. Semen For The Basement Slaves
22. Slut Killer
23. Baptized In Semen And Steel
24. Sunrise Is A Lie
25. Failing To Contain The Gore Fountain [mp3]
26. Fucked By Lightning
27. If I Dismember Your Cunt, Are You Still A Virgin?
28. Only Those Who Eat The Feces Will Be Spared
29. Tangible Expression Of Hate
30. Diagnosis - Zombie Slut Rape
31. Harvesting A Dead Deadgirl (AV3RS10N Remix)

XXX Maniak - Harvesting The Cunt Nectar

Michael Yale - Guitars, Bass, Drum Programming
Anthony West - Vocals

XXX Maniak is a much feared invisible drum machine grind demon who comes like a whirlwind and rapes your ears in lightning fast bursts while your sexually tautened body twitches excitedly as though getting electrocuted by your Chinese make vibrator. Unlike the old school demon Incubus who normally fucks you in your sleep, XXX Maniak fucks you any time of the day it wants to – when picking up your soap from the shower floor, when tying your shoelace, and unfailingly when bending to insert something like Opeth in your cd player. In this modern day and age, you don't need a cumbersome Book of the Dead to summon it – playing Harvesting The Cunt Nectar does the job just as well, if not better.

This European version of the Audio of the Dead makes sure you get fucked exactly 31 times as opposed to 30 times by the American version – just to get one up on them. “So would it be pleasurable?” If you think you would like getting holes drilled into your body by their pneumatic drill of a cock, then yes, very. Go for it. “Do they have any particular method?” Not really, they go about the act pretty much randomly, though they tend to use short intros as foreplay. “Are you gay?” No I'm not gay, sorry to disappoint. “What style does XXX Maniak play in?” Took you a while to ask the right question, but at least you did:

Harvesting The Cunt Nectar is styled mostly on Agoraphobic Nosebleed's erratic and hyper-crazed album, Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope. But as XXX Maniak are much gorier and hornier by nature, and to be true to themselves, they have incorporated the hulking sound of Mortician and the dense erotic grooves of Catasexual Urge Motivation along with the drum machine madness that's synonymous with both those bands. Flexible leg hooks of Sanity's Dawn are palpable in some of XXX Maniak songs, as is the Nasum influence circa Inhale/Exhale (its distinct title track riff is kinkily reproduced in “Buying A DVD Player” for instance). A few of XXX Maniak's short-lived cathartic bursts also drive early Pig Destroyer to mind, similar production values speeding up the process. As for the prized bonus song “Harvesting A Dead Deadgirl” (AV3RS10N remix), it sounds like The Berzerker doing a recap of all the haphazard XXX Maniak sexploits.

The thing about XXX Maniak is that you don't know what's coming up next. Well sure, you do have a general idea you're going to get fucked, but the song details cannot be predicted until they play themselves out. You gnash your teeth and shake your head like a dog trying to dry himself out to the Agoraphobic Nosebleed influenced parts, but you are forced to stop and improvise as you find your physical movements in stark contradiction to the sudden dark, hulking grooves of Mortician. Getting enthusiastic about XXX Maniak's music is akin to taking part in an impromptu dance contest, which I can say with confidence, has always been an utter embarrasment for you. Karaoke isn't a good idea either, with the vocalist screeching, belching, scratching, grunting, deep growling, ree-ing, farting on a whim. But that is not to say that XXX Maniak do not have an identifiable sound. It is their versatility in a form of music having very limited scope that makes XXX Maniak interesting and makes you want to hear out their entire album, as opposed to other drum-machine driven bands where you know all too well what to expect from the album in context, and in some cases, even that band's entire discography.

Overall, with its share of hits and duds, Harvesting The Cunt Nectar isn't quite as orgasmic, but it is sure a good deal of fun. I don't think it is a good idea to introduce XXX Maniak to the grind virgins, unless they're really stupid and ugly and insist on getting their ear hymen brutally torn by them, in which case they absolutely deserve it. The grind sluts, oh yeah, this one's specially for you, with love. Only $10.

May 29th, 2007