Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Best of 2009


#7 - Ulcerate - Everything is Fire

With each passing year i encounter bands that beg the question "How many times can music redefine the word extreme?" Ulcerate answers the question with a resounding "As many times as we fucking like." This is a visceral offering of music with surgical precision, face melting speed, and abundant discordance capable of making ones skin crawl. On first listen the delivery seems relentless, too chaotic to swallow at times, completely overwhelming, but given time and patience the chaos that was driving you insane starts to become memorable. Once this material begins to germinate in your skull it invades you with infectious groove and layered composition. If you choose to give this a listen, be patient, be open and run through it a few times. I can almost promise the appreciation will come.

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