GENERAL SURGERY - Like an Ever Flying Limb (RELAPSE - 7"EP 2012)
General Surgery? Ha, I guess this may actually
be one of the very, very few grindcore bands, which I actually really like and
tend to listen to more often. I’m not obviously counting here the legendary
bands like early Carcass, Terrorizer, Repulsion or Napalm Death, but somehow
this style of music – except very few cases - has never been my thing,
especially when the bands take it to the ridiculous ultra brutal, fast playing
with short songs and annoying pig squealing behind the mic. General Surgery is luckily
not like that and maybe because they have quite many (Swedish) death metal
influences or maybe it’s that obvious Carcass influence which they have in
their music… whatever it is, I just really fuckin like their stuff, whether we
speak of some oldies like “Necrology” or newer releases, my favourite being the
amazing split with Butcher ABC. In 2012 I’ve shamelessly missed “A Collection
of Depravation” compilation on vinyl, but once I got a chance to purchase
completely new material from the Surgerers – 7”EP “Like an Ever Flying Limb” –
I just got it! And even if orange is not my colour – and this EP, including the
vinyl, is all in orange – I just really fuckin like this material! General
Surgery once again nailed it and delivered an excellent piece of grinding death
metal, which I like so much.
Side A brings three tracks. While “Seizures”
with its 42 seconds of duration is rather a filler, the other two are just
fantastic slabs of grind. They’re both really fast, both filled with extreme
aggression, ferocity and energy, which bursts out of the speakers like crazy
motherfucker released from the prison and running around with an axe, killing
all your neighbours. The title song is especially killer, with some straight
influences taken from old Carcass, but it is great… killer vocals, great
production, great riffs… Then side B brings another two songs, with “Rhythmic
Epidermal Clamor” being just OK and solid, and “Dark Cyanotic Hypostasis” being
a pure sonic mutilation! Injury is certain, while you listen to it and I bet
everyone will get infected by the energy and brutality, which this song
delivers!
Ha, all in all I can only adore General Surgery
for delivering such quality stuff and must recommend this EP to all death and
grind maniacs. May it be time to unleash a full length album finally?
Final rate: 85/100
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