Terrorizer is, to me, the supergroup of grindcore/crust. David Vincent (Bass, vox) and Pete Sandoval (drums) both now in Morbid Angel, Jesse Pintado (guitars) now in Napalm Death, and Oscar Garcia (vox) from the now defunct Nausea.

This was the first grindcore album which never fell apart at high speed. "Scum" did, as did both the early Carcass albums. Musical prowess abounds. Sandoval produces some of the gnarliest (sorry, had to say it) grindcrust beats ever, while Vincent's bass perfectly compliments it. He produced this album himself, so you can be sure that the bass is audible...:)..."Fear Of Napalm" is a perfect example of just how MUSCULAR this rhythm section is.

Enter Pintado, whose power chords scream out in agony over the top of it all. His riffing is quite fantastic. His riff on "Enslaved By Propaganda" is a pearler, wandering all over the place. I can't really say much about Garcia's performance though, as he is vocally interchangeable with Vincent.

I could crap on forever with limitless superlatives about this album, (as its probably my favourite Earache release EVER, perhaps alongside "Altars Of Madness" or "Blessed Are The Sick"..its THAT good), but I won't....lucky you...buy buy buy..."mosh16, my good man!!!"

© 1998 brett