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Here you
will find some reviews about Black Hole Productions releases.
S.M.E.S. - Goregasmic Tales From Technophobia
Pusvomit Webzine by Lee
Davis (USA)
If I got 3 hours alone in the morgue with all the dead girls
in it I think that might describe the kind of fun that SMES is!
Hell SMES could be the soundtrack to that! Black Hole Productions
kicks off it's first release in the form of one of my most beloved
of sickening cyber gore experimental bands of all! Yeah there
aren't too many, ASTRUM, GYNOPHAGIA, INTESTINAL SLAUGHTER, LIBIDO
AIRBAG, MICROPHALLUS, they all rock my world! Erwin is might
master of the industrial cyber-electonic journey into the horrors
of the macabre fueled by hemp and a love for morbidity in general.
No actual instruments, crazy dance-techno/blasts drum programs
and some totally wicked cyber sounds peeped up with some totally
eerie and bizarre sounds inserted for good measure.
Vocals are pure distorted gurgles and growls rounding out the
gory element along with the sick cyber sounds. It's so far out,
many may not catch it right away but give SMES some time if you
haven't checked it out yet and trust me it will grow on you almost
immediately! This is what truly morbid industrial was meant to
be and if things were normal, and humanity didn't suck ass, people
would be cranking SMES in their car instead of MARYLIN MANSON!
The hordes of trendy faggots that infest the streets may not
know this but you and I both do, and Fernando of BHP/Magazine
does! Props for this incredible release! And he didn't just put
out a CD-R like that, the packaging is a great presentation (you've
probably read elsewhere how Fernando is art direct for many Lofty
Storm releases among many other projects and how good they are!).
Cover art is totally otherworldly horror metaphysical entities
madness terror booga booga! Like the musical madness, psychadelic
and horrific! Look at the back! It's some kind of chrome grey/glitter
media with something truly bizarre, some kind inhuman mutant,
alien fishfaced freak, imagine exploring some cavern and finding
a race of them! Fucking wacked and so cool, the underground remains
true to it's untrendy and individual roots but marches on into
more freaked and strange territory!
The genre of "Cyber Gore" makes me think of horror
gore grind evolved into a sci fi/horror sound, it's too damn
cool to pass up! All just makes me want to learn more about Erwin's
twisted realms inside his head!
Braindead Webzine by Pierre
(France)
It's a huge one-man Cybergrind act we have here. The premise
is brutal computery Goregrind, with bloody distorting vocal effects,
fast cyberblasts and violent, weird computer-generated bass/guitar
sounds. Maestro Erwin always alternates catchy ruthless grind
parts and wacky colorful fun parts; so, you'll need a good sense
of humor to fully appreciate it. I find it extremely fun myself,
and the grind parts are just kick-ass, so the mix works just
fine. Compositions often stretch to 3 or 4 minutes and it stays
quite catchy all the way. That's real great work, considering
the pretty long total running time. If you're into Libido Airbag
and stuff, you'll definitely wanna check S.M.E.S. out. The cover
is simple, cdr deal, but Fernando (Black Hole mag, cover designer
on most Lofty Storm cds...) did a great job as usual, especially
for the back-cover, methinks it looks smashing! That's all I
can say bout this one right now.. But it's officially Recommended
stuff.
Carnificina Grindcore Webzine
by Marcelo (Brazil)
Este primeiro lançamento da Black Hole Productions, traz
da Holanda o S.M.E.S., um projeto de um único homem, Erwin
faz uma espécie de technogore, ou seja mistura gore com
a o estilo techno, mas você vai dizer: "- O LIBIDO
AIRBAG já faz isso a tempos...", mas em nenhum momento
eu achei que ele tentou imitar a dupla alemã, diferente
disto, ele faz uma música que é possível
se tocar, fazer a diversão de clubers literalmente zumbificados
presos em uma boate cheios de pílulas de êxtases
e LSD , com uma pegada que na maioria das vezes não é
tão rápida, mas com os vocais mais pútridos
possíveis, realmente uma música bem diferente mas
igualmente agradavel, não dá vontade de parar de
escutar.
Nas 17 faixas em pouco mais de 56 minutos mostra uma ótima
qualidade sonora e a ótima arte de Fernando Camacho no
encarte e verso do CD. Erwin além do S.M.E.S. é
o mais novo vocalista do LAST DAYS OF HUMANITY.
Psychosis Death Zine by
Fernando R. (Brazil)
Aqui não há meio termo: ou você gosta ou
odeia! Temos quase 60 minutos de Gore feito com uma grande diferença
instrumental: teclado! O Fernando Camacho - editor da Revista
Black Hole e também da gravadora disse em entrevista ao
Pschycosis Death - que é uma forma diferente de se fazer
som! Isto é verdade! É um som muito diferente do
que eu sou acostumado a ouvir (não sei você, leitor!)
e o primeiro impacto é decisivo! É realmente uma
maneira de se fazer som que precisa ter coragem para fazer, isto
é, se você for ligado ao som extremo! Neste Cd há
o característico vocal gore e o grande divisor de opiniões:
o teclado! A bateria possui batidas dentro dos limites de velocidade
(algumas vezes mais rápidas e outras mais cadenciadas).
Há também o efeito de baixo. E os outros efeitos
se diferem da tradicional guitarra distorcida ao máximo,
pois você entende que a intenção não
foi simular guitarras, mas usar o teclado para fazer algo bem
diferente. Por todos estes detalhes e características
este Cd é para um público específico que
gosta de sons que fogem das regras e dos padrões tradicionais
de som pesado! Um público que procura coisas novas e não
se preocupa com novas influências. Este é o Cd do
S.M.E.S. e como diz o ditado: ou você ama ou odeia! Não
há meio termo!
Triturado Webzine by Fabricio
Reolon Terribile (Brasil)
Quem diria que um dia
um dos estilos mais extremos do planeta iria ter como um segmento
um estilo tão diferente e incomum.Estou falando da recente
mutação entre o goregrind e a música techno,é
isso que o LIBIDO AIRBAG já havia feito e agora essa "one-man-band"da
Holanda chamada S.M.E.S. também esta fazendo.O camarada
Erwin que dá vida ao S.M.E.S. também canta no L.D.O.H.
e sem dúvida esse CD-R traz um trabalho bem complexo e
criativo.Confesso que esse não é meu estilo favorito,mas
como não tenho mente fechada encontrei diversas partes
cativantes nesse album do S.M.E.S. As batidas totalmente frenéticas
são como impulsos eletrônicos percorrendo seu corpo,a
guitarra é distorcida com acordes bizarros e inusitados,os
vocais são ultra-lentos com efeitos completamente brutais,já
os samplers e teclados acrescentam uma atmosfera insana e aterrorizante.Ao
longo das 17 faixas o S.M.E.S. encontra diversas formas para
partir seu cérebro ao meio com um som diferente e simplesmente
chocante,que poderia ser definido como technogorecore do novo
milênio.Quem sabe pode até estar surgindo uma nova
tendência músical,espero que o espírito gore
se mantenha vivo.
Para finalizar parabenizo o selo Black Hole Prod. por lançar
algo diferente e pelo belo trabalho realizado,apesar de ser um
CD-R.
The Dungeon by Dave Wolff
(USA)
You may be acquainted
with S.M.E.S. from the split CD's they and F---k the Facts have
released over the past couple of years. After joining forces
with Brazilian label Black Hole Productions and recording his
first full-length, splatter enthusiast Erwin may have stumbled
upon the beginnings of what may in later years develop into "cybergrind."
On Goregasmic Tales From Technophobia the guitar and bass parts
convey the impression they're handled by a far-reaching arrangement
of piano, keyboards and synthesizers. It's somewhat bizarre to
hear death-grind hybridized with techno music, and at this stage
it
certainly remains to be seen how widely accepted this style will
prove to be, or if independent labels will catch on to it in
the underground. On the other hand things sould disturbing and
extreme in the right places during the moments the drum programming
takes off at full speed and there is enough of a sense of humor
generally existent as Erwin parodies disco music in a resemblant
way to what Topon has been wnting.
Vampire Magazine by Ricardo
Mouwen (Holland)
Well, I didn't expected
to hear some more fucked up cybergrind so soon after my review
of the split cd with lymphatic phlegm. Maybe a bit more info
is in order for this is the very first full-length release for
S.M.E.S. Started out in 1999, S.M.E.S is a 1 man project from
Erwin who also does vocals for the mighty Last Days of Humanity.
After a couple of demo's and split releases (of which the one
with Lymphatic Phlegm was the most recent, if I'm not mistaken)
S.M.E.S now has a chance to pollute an entire silver disc with
almost 57 minutes (!) worth of material. Strange stuff, since
it's all done electronic and it has a strong experimental vibe.
For the few people that follow the more progressive outfits in
the techno/grind genre, S.M.E.S is not that upsetting or vile
as Imminent Starvation, Melt Banana, Atomsmasher or a regular
Release formation. Called cybergrind but not really anything
to do with grindcore, although the vocals are being put through
a pitchshifter/harmonizer which creates an effect often found
in the gore genre. S.M.E.S shuns not the use of samples, breakbeats
and even the robbery of other melodies from classical pieces.
Does that make this Techno for grindheads? It's a nice listen,
if you're into weird electronica. Oh, did I mention that the
bass and guitartones are all electronically generated too? You
can guess that, if you swear by tradition and shun expermental
filth and sleaze, that it's best to avoid this one.
Most of the tracks sound pretty simple and straightforward and
maybe even stripped, but you gotta admire this kind of creativity
with keyboards and programs. It reminds me of the time I once
tried to do something similair with FruityLoops, after an hour
of hard work I got a result that was best comparable to a digital
fart. This just to prove you that not
everybody can pull this off, but S.M.E.S does and therefore I
urge the few upright interested to get out of the closet and
order this crazy party disc (it's a cd-r, but comes with full
colour inlay and proffesional artwork) from Black Hole Productions
in Brazil.
DeathGrind Webzine by Demonic
E (Israel)
Well it's about time
that a band from Holland put out songs about fucking weed!!!
I mean shit, it's fucking legal over there! And I definatly think
these dudes endulge in all the fine drugs the country has to
offer. This is some of the most bizzare shit I've heard in awhile.
I'm not sure if I'm supposed to dance to this to grind out to
it. This definately has a drum
machine, and there is some weird use of keyboards here. I don't
think the guitars are actually real guitars, I think they are
from a synthizier or something. This shit is like a mix between
Gut style goregrind and old Nintindo video game music like Mario
Brothers or something. I'm not sure how serious you are supposed
to take this, but I definately get a kick out of most of it.
Some of the songs are kind of stupid, but this sounds like nothing
else out there. The vocals are pitch-shifted, and are totally
killer, but that is the only thing that is consistant through
out the whole album. My major complaint about this, is that I
think the songs are too long. This isn't techno/grind type shit
like Libido Airbag, this is totally all it's own. Check it out
for something new sounding, or for a good laugh. Fucking weird!
The Ultimate Online Newsletter
by Ronny Van Huffel (Belgium)
The title says everything
about this release. Goregasmic: the ultra deep growlings and
sometimes fast grindparts. Technophobia: the techno and house
parts. This is a one man project and is a mixture of grind, techno,
house and industrial music. You really have to be open minded
for this kind of music. It sounds very cold, hard and unpersonal.
It is an attack to my brain of 56 minutes when I listen to this.
Only th eguitars and the growling are related to grindcore. The
drums must be done by a computer and gives the album a very cold
feeling. The techno and house touches makes it complete. You
hate this or you
love this. There is no way between. S.M.E.S.
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