G.G.F.H.
Disease
[Peaceville]
Global Genocide Fuck Humanity!
Satan must be real!, since this American band is making a comeback after some 8 years of absence and even longer since new material. Having been always hidden in the deepest underground, their albums have always been hard or virtually impossible to come by. But now they are to be re-released (this review refers to the original release, what changes there are in the new one i don't know). Meanwhile, i understand Ghost has been a DJ and Brian Joseph Walls a computer graphic artist/web-site designer (it says at least something about his technical prowess that his clients are such as Logitech and Apple).
Although the music compares to a divine electro-industrial acid trip, it has more in common with metal. The songs deal with what many (Americans) would consider the darker side of the human mind -- like serial killers (samples from Jeffrey Dahmer!) -- and it comes out as sort of ironic criticism against American (pop-)culture and christianity, as they are direct byproducts of it. G.G.F.H. are satanists and report through their art without moral judgments, revealing the two-faced hypocrisy of those who do. The lyrics are a lot more intelligent than they seem at first glance. Maybe even some background info on the band (or at least having also heard the earlier albums) is necessary to understand what it is really all about. The music is simply amazing. It is a seamless construction of samples and synths, and is as beautiful as it is haunting and psychotic. It is also remarkable how the songs are structured like ordinary songs using methods that are more suited for creating mere soundscapes. In any case, it is something i have not heard anyone else do (it's nothing like industrial bands like Wumpscut or Nine Inch Nails).
The artwork also looks like it was designed on acid, but what i really love is the tiny chaos-symbol that i had enlarged and printed on a t-shirt.
"i feel so bad for what i did to those poor families, and i understand their rightful hate"
© 2002 rotblood
Satan must be real!, since this American band is making a comeback after some 8 years of absence and even longer since new material. Having been always hidden in the deepest underground, their albums have always been hard or virtually impossible to come by. But now they are to be re-released (this review refers to the original release, what changes there are in the new one i don't know). Meanwhile, i understand Ghost has been a DJ and Brian Joseph Walls a computer graphic artist/web-site designer (it says at least something about his technical prowess that his clients are such as Logitech and Apple).
Although the music compares to a divine electro-industrial acid trip, it has more in common with metal. The songs deal with what many (Americans) would consider the darker side of the human mind -- like serial killers (samples from Jeffrey Dahmer!) -- and it comes out as sort of ironic criticism against American (pop-)culture and christianity, as they are direct byproducts of it. G.G.F.H. are satanists and report through their art without moral judgments, revealing the two-faced hypocrisy of those who do. The lyrics are a lot more intelligent than they seem at first glance. Maybe even some background info on the band (or at least having also heard the earlier albums) is necessary to understand what it is really all about. The music is simply amazing. It is a seamless construction of samples and synths, and is as beautiful as it is haunting and psychotic. It is also remarkable how the songs are structured like ordinary songs using methods that are more suited for creating mere soundscapes. In any case, it is something i have not heard anyone else do (it's nothing like industrial bands like Wumpscut or Nine Inch Nails).
The artwork also looks like it was designed on acid, but what i really love is the tiny chaos-symbol that i had enlarged and printed on a t-shirt.
"i feel so bad for what i did to those poor families, and i understand their rightful hate"
© 2002 rotblood