brutal truth - need to control

label: earache
released: 1994

i've been a fan of brutal truth ever since i'd heard their song "stench of profit" on the radio.
yes.
on the radio.
this was back in the early 90s and the station came from a college.
and it was in iowa.
ooooo.
aaaaa.
so of course i'd purchase the album this song came from as soon as i came across it.
it's on the EXTREME CONDITIONS DEMAND EXTREME RESPONSES album.
and when i did find it it was in a video store that had a music section for some reason.
i came across some pretty sweet albums there....
the above mentioned brutal truth album.
goldflesh STREETCLEANER
napalm death FEAR EMPTINESS DESPAIR
pitchshifter SUBMIT
praxis TRANSMUTATION (MUTATIS MUTANDIS)
scorn VAE SOLIS
just to name a few.
all on cassette.

moving on....

NEED TO CONTROL.
at first listen i found that things were a little different here.
they slowed it down a bit.
they gave things a little gloss soundwise.
but still sounded dirty.
there was a fucking didgeridoo.
things were both precise AND clusterfucky.
there was a sample from the movie BAD LIEUTENANT.
there's a germs cover.
they'd replaced their original drummer with a wind-up toy.
and it has become one of my favorite albums.

the tone taken on this album laid the groundwork for their following albums.
though admittedly i haven't followed them much post SOUNDS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
but i do enjoy the GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD compilation as well.

there aren't many bands that can combine napalm death AND neurosis.
maybe i'm just rambling.
maybe you should check out some of the band members other stuff as well....
ninefinger
primate
total fucking destruction
venomous concept

maybe i'm just rambling.


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