"Zero"
Year: 1999
Country: Austria
City: Salzburg
Label: Noise Variations rec.
Format: CD
Tracks: 17
Time: 36 min.
Lyrical themes: politics , society
Genre: rock
Style: Grindcore
MASTIC SCUM
is an Austrian grindcore band founded in 1992. The band
consists of founding members Harry (guitar), Man (drums) and Maggo
(vocals, since 2008) and Much (bass, since 2005). They used to write
lyrics about social issues, politics, feelings, etc. something like
“mincecore”, but has different musical sources from thrash metal to
crust, punk, etc. They released the following three albums: Zero (1999),
Scar (2002), Mind (2005). They has also released splits with
Agathocles, Rotten Sound, Haemorrhage, C.S.S.O., Senseless, Blockheads,
Mixomatosis, Malignant Tumour and Fleshless. Its debut demo tape and next split ep's, sound quite to orthodox grindcore, but just here in its debut long album "Zero", MASTIC SCUM started to experiment with another musical styles, some ones quite similar (metal, hardcore, etc.) but also with electronic noise, industrial and ambient sounds. If you are searching for grind this album is perfect, but If you want to know how it sound MASTIC SCUM nowadays, you can visit here below in "Other Releases" and to proof its newest influences. Ah, don't forget to listen to its great Dead Kennedys cover "A child and his lawnmower", don't miss friends.
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"Zero"
Year: 1999
Country: Austria
City: Salzburg
Label: Noise Variations rec.
Format: CD
Tracks: 17
Time: 36 min.
Lyrical themes: politics , society
Genre: rock
Style: Grindcore Industrial