Introduction

XAVLEGBMAOFFFASSSSITIMIWOAMNDUTROABCWAPWAEIIPPOHFFFX. As their logo clearly states, this remarkable band are ‘Acidic Vaginal Liquid Explosion Generated By Mass Amounts Of Filthy Fecal Fisting And Sadistic Septic Syphilic Sodomy Inside The Infected Maggot Infested Womb Of A Molested Nun Dying Under The Roof Of A Burning Church While A Priest Watches And Ejaculates In Immense Perverse Pleasure Over His First Fresh Fetus’….

Well there goes all my space for the intro, so here’s the review:

The Review

Despite the name XAVLEGBMAOFFFASSSSITIMIWOAMNDUTROABCWAPWAEIIPPOHFFFX being tad long and having song names like “Bone Saw”, Gore is a treasury for some brilliant stuff.

The EP seems to try to do everything at once. Somehow though, it works. A melting pot for the talent of all six band members to add their own ocean-load of creativity to create something colourful. Such as how Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis somehow incorporates elements of slam, tech-death and even throws in a breakdown before a slow and moody mid-section.

The band’s brutal lyrics are enough to even make Cannibal Corpse jealous. If you can tell what they’re even saying, you’ll realise it’s perhaps a little edgy even by death metal standards. Speaking of lyrics, Core presents an impressive range in singing styles. Ranging from a heavy shout and deathly growls to full blown frog noises, no song goes without that irresistible tickle of intrigue. XAVLEGBMAOFFFASSSSITIMIWOAMNDUTROABCWAPWAEIIPPOHFFFX is mind blowing with the vocal talent on show. Standouts include the savagery of Bone Saw or the confusing/strangely mesmerising “poetry” in Dicks Out for Harambe. Yeah, it’s really called that.

Gore is more than enough to please your inner air-guitarist. The album is in company of awesome guitar work with killer riffs and deadly solos mixed in. It’s the meaningful moments in songs that make Gore more than just a “bit of fun”, and instead a genuinely good EP, which can be returned to for listen upon listen. The album contains djent and tech-death themes but also incorporates them with slam metal influences, which is something that has definitely been done before. Just not in the twisted way done in Gore.

Overall, this EP, like the band, can be summed up with one word. “How”. Or maybe, “somehow”. Because, being a mess, it’s an organised mess. Gore and XAVLEGBMAOFFFASSSSITIMIWOAMNDUTROABCWAPWAEIIPPOHFFFX is clearly a fun side project for the guys in the band – a place for them to throw in as many crazy ideas as possible and create some magic.

I rate this EP Absolutely Gore-ious/10

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