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Depression - Ein kakophonischer Lebenshauch

Depression - Ein kakophonischer Lebenshauch - 80%

Phuling, April 19th, 2008

A live album from one of the longest running deathgrind acts out there. Depression was born in 1989, but didn’t play a gig until '04, and they stopped doing so in '06 after just a handful of gigs. I guess you, just like I, didn’t have the opportunity to actually see them live. So this is our only chance to try and get a feel for the live act Depression.

The first thing that strikes me is that the sound quality is better than on tons of grind acts’ studio albums. Each instrument is fully audible as well as the vocals from Ron, Marc and Kai. Though Kai’s gnarly psycho screeches get a little low sometimes, but since he’s the drummer I wouldn’t expect anything else. So what about the music… Well, you should have at least heard of these guys by now, so you should know what to expect. It’s effective, old school, dirty, raw and heavy grinding death – just the way we like it. Two growling madmen accompanied by a truly mad man for the screaming. The booklet has some pics from the evening, plus some thoughts and thanks from the Depression dudes and a guy called Smoo, who had apparently flown in from the States just for this event. You can hear that the audience had a great time, as well as the band. There’s plenty of talk in between songs, and eventhough I don’t speak any German, words like “bier”, “tequila” and “chili con carne” are international. If I’m not mistaken I think they’re asking for more beer and checking to see if there’s any more chili in the house, hehe…

Close to 40 minutes of live action, ending with the unreleased studio track Dalai Dahmer. Good stuff.

Originally written for www.mylastchapter.net