Ash Pool - Genital Tomb - review
Ash Pool - Genital Tomb - review
Tracklist
01. Lascivious Tyranny02. Demolishing Obsession
03. First Rape
04. Dragged Down The Cobblestones
A review by
Lucas September 13, 2010
As with other Ash Pool releases, the most appealing factor is that their music is just so utterly insane and so utterly black. Ash Pool gives Black metal its dangerous and deranged vibe back. Isn't that why we all fell in love with this genre to begin with, because of its constant lurking sense of terror? Especially "Lascivious Tyranny" and "Dragged Down The Cobblestones" (killer track!) convey this atmosphere magnificently. Ash Pool know how to record utterly distorted, noisy and echoing shrieks. And the raging black vortex of riffs behind them... Delicious!
"Demolishing Obsession" is a bit more upbeat, jumpy and punkier, while "First Rape" redefines the meaning of 'lo-fi'. Well, sort of. But I do think it is safe to say that no producer has come within miles of this particular song. Each of the four songs carries Ash Pool's trademark sound, even if they all sound different. That rusty, catchy, maniacally raw and malicious vibe, that... awesome.
Genital Tomb is a great release if you know how to appreciate it. It's a cassette, it''s a demo, it's extremely lo-fi, it's raw, it's extreme, it's pure hate... it's every cliché packed into the skin of a lamb, buried in a forlorn graveyard and dug up months after (at midnight, of course), yet it''s not at all phony or fake. It's Ash Pool!
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 8 |
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Posts: 13427 Written by [user id=4365] on 13.09.2010 at 23:58 Hmm, I don't know. I heard about Ash Pool way before I ever heard of Prurient (any getting-into suggestions, btw?). Thanks for the compliment. 
---- SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what?  "The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." - Barack Obama
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Account deleted Written by Lucas on 14.09.2010 at 20:30 I always really liked 'And Still, Wanting', it's hella noisy though (but still with plenty underlying melody)  I found out about Ash Pool when some randomer messaged me on last.fm and recommended them after he saw me listening to Prurient. One of the better things I've been recommended on there.
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Posts: 13427 Written by [user id=4365] on 14.09.2010 at 20:42 Ok thanks, I'll give it go.
---- SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what? "The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." - Barack Obama
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Lucas, I remember ages ago we talked about me sending you a dub of the first demo but don't think you ever sent me your address. I've got the tape dubbed already (because i got it before I found an original copy). Let me know if you want it.
---- "This rudderless world is not shaped my metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It's us. Only us" Read Watchmen.
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Posts: 13427 Written by -tom- on 21.09.2010 at 19:13 Oh really? I vaguely remember something like that, yeah... But I own it already, real copy. Thanks for the kind offer though.
---- SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what? "The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." - Barack Obama
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