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Corrupted - Dios injusto

Cranking out a sludge guitar noise feedback racket - 80%

NausikaDalazBlindaz, July 12th, 2012

Released as a 7" EP in 1999, "Dios Injusto" still packs an almighty sledgehammer punch well over ten years later. The work is divided into two parts "Dios Injusto" and "Unfair God". The self-titled A-side is a slow-n-steady soul-crushing juggernaut of high-pitched feedback cacophony, massive riffing and smashes of cymbal and thumping of drums. Hevi roars out the lyrics and side-steps quickly to allow the lead guitar to bleed out its solo wail. Weirdly, this track reminds me of that New Zealand improv guitar noise band The Dead C; I'm sure that's due to the out-of-tune guitar feedback racket and whirlpool rust-bucket mess being cranked out here. The B-side piece isn't any better, in fact it simply takes up where "Dios Injusto" leaves off. While the drummer half-sleepwalks / half-whacks his set of skins into near oblivion and guitars bleed and screech out their innards like slow-moving lava, Hevi ducks in and out, haranguing listeners in rusty-edged gargles.

After the 9th minute, the rhythm changes slightly and you sense that a final resolution must not be far off. The never-ending chaos increases in intensity and the music keeps on lurching forward single-mindedly, eventually fading out.

I love this track and wish it were longer so that Corrupted would have been forced to make something more out of it, give it some semblance of structure and a definite climax. Such a mess of guitar feedback and shrill screaming tone deserves a longer and more complex treatment. A 20-minute track of this would have been fine with me.

Black Japan Tunes On - 92%

Nargodath, February 27th, 2006

This is a two-song EP that showcases some of Corrupted's more "metal" work, although not without keeping the mammoth drones and slow chord changes. There are moments when the music seems to veer towards a semblance of early black metal, the guitar lines slightly reminiscent of Nortt or a massively slowed-down Emperor.

The key to Corrupted's achievement is their vocalist. He sounds something like Ildjarn, or some far abstraction of crust punk, and his rough howl saves the endless waves of bass static from meaninglessness. The drums are flailed on the second and small pieces of melody escape from the mire.

The two sides of the record are basically one song, although the more BM material is towards the middle of side two. This is definitely recommended for any fans of weirdo crust and doom, as well as any Thorns, Ildjarn, or Burzum fans.