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Sikfuk - Shitfisted Superman... the Man of Stool

Great moments but space to increase arrangements - 65%

twan666, April 5th, 2010

Hailing from South Carolina, USA, Sikfuk is the brainchild of its founder and only member Nik Blanton. This project is labeled as Brutal Death Metal and that's exactly what you're about to hear if you purchase this well produced item of sickness.

But let's take a short look at Sikfuks history first. The band was born sometime in 2001 and started to launch its gore-ridden abnormalities a year later with the first full length album entitled “Gore Delicious”. 2003 and 2005 saw the releases of the demos “Fingercuffing The Beheaded” and “Lobster Claw Handjob” respectively. 2006 was also a very productive year for Sikfuk and a split CD with Kretan as well as the “Teabagged At Birth” album was added to the discography.

After 3 years of nothing “Shitfisted Superman… The Man Of Stool” came to life. The first look at the cover made me laugh - a goofy but funny comic artwork of the infamous man of stool catching a villain while fisting an ass. Nice. The song titles are also pretty sensitive. Be honest: what do you expect when you read something like “Eight Ball In Her Brown Pocket” or “Lactating Milf White Russians”? However, the music's cool, but unfortunately nothing special. There are no doubts about Mr. Blantons skills, but I'm missing something like a central theme every now and then. I wouldn't say the song structures are way too weird, but the arrangements could have been better. E.g. the already mentioned track “Eight Ball In Her Brown Pocket”: the strange guitar parts at the beginning and at the end derogate the impression at once. One might say this shows versatility or enriches the tracks even more, but in my opinion, some additional straight-to-your-face ingredients would have been more entertaining. The vocals are pretty good - nothing else but dark growls would fit this release. You'll also get introductions to every song, which interrupts the flow of the album a little bit. On the other hand they're pretty funny and sick at the same time. It's also the first Sikfuk offering using a drum machine. Well, it's open to dispute if that's an advantage or not, but I think a skilled human drummer would be able to play these parts, too.

If you're into Brutal Death Metal, feel free to give “Shitfisted Superman… The Man Of Stool” a try and judge for yourself. This album definitely has its great moments, but there's also some space to increase the arrangements.

Written for www.brutalism.com