Waco Jesus
The Destruction Of Commercial Scum

THE REVIEW

Porn... what a spectacle to see it mingling with some healthy brutal gore; porn and brutal... think about it, to me they are made for each other, especially in a musical context like extreme metal and with themes that now caress gore and now touch splatter. Together they have given rise to very valid bands, think of our own Funeral Rape, the brutal Gorgasm, Cock And Ball Torture, Prostitute Disfigurement, continuing with more hilarious bands like Blood Duster, Torsofuck, Meatshit, the new Vagitarians, Creamface, Libido Airbag and many others... bands with no great pretensions, uncompromising bands that persistently continue with their themes and their excessive and garish image to the point of nausea. And it doesn't matter if technically some may seem poor, if no one cares about their works, if they'll never have glittering careers and if they won't make it to history... they enjoy themselves and we enjoy being tortured by their brazen, twisted, ironic, dirty, and perverse works. Deep down, it's like watching a porn movie with all the excesses, paradoxes, and perversions it brings along... and in the case of the American Waco Jesus, the movie would position itself as one of the most disgusting, perverse, and sadomasochistic ever seen.

Formed in 1994, these electrifying guys launched their production with this "The Destruction Of Commercial Scum", 25 minutes of healthy brutal/death metal presented with the usual scabrous and sexually perverse artwork: on one side, a fantastic naked girl showcasing all her charms (mainly two...), and on the other, truly grotesque images of people who, to put it ambiguously, show a certain familiarity with feces and various excrements... truly appalling.

Above all, it's the music that nonetheless makes this TDOCS appreciable, and the first real difference we notice compared to most similar publications is the production, excellent in being clean and clear, perfect in making each instrument distinguishable... and the purists of the genre shouldn't think badly right away, because such production proves equally suitable for the genre.

Ten songs that pass quickly, without a dull moment, always sustained rhythms, and classic grind outbursts; a deep, slow growl, different from the usual expressionless and totally inhuman gurgle, yet still very wicked, sick... excellent.

Buzzing guitars support the first track "Mass Pussy Obliteration" that immediately highlights the alternation of the mentioned growl with a malicious and "crackling" scream.

The second track, "Bleeding To Death", immediately highlights the drums, which quickly hit the accelerator, slapping us in the face with a rather flat, "plasticized" sound; one of the best songs in my opinion, partly emulated by the following "Orally Tortured".

By this point, anyone will have formed a precise idea of these guys, since, between one intro and another, the rest of the songs carry on the same unhealthy musical discourse: "A Butt Plug In Your Pussy My Fist In Your Ass", "Fist Fucked", "Cunt killer", all excellent examples of porn brutal (let's call it what we will) that will delight every self-respecting perverse metalhead (myself included).

Nothing more to say, great band, excellent work if confined to the genre, modest if compared to everything else the extreme scene has to offer... I still warmly recommend it to everyone!