UK’s sweetest HateWire did co-operate on a couple of splits with the likes of Drugzilla, Pressterror or Disco Cunt, and now they show up with their first official album, which sees the light via the totally frenzy label Legs Akimbo. The nine tracks were ‘conceived in a somewhat ungodly manner’ with ‘the worst equipment available and as such has been awarded the poorer r-sound quality stamp by the board of poorer quality sound […] to re-assure you that you have purchased the worst sound quality possible’. Isn’t that nice? Thank you in advance for that!
Actually, that production is quite satisfying (oops, I do not think I am allowed to say this…), for the sonic result is much better (read: less worse) than noise. …oops, no, that’s a compliment, but you might know what I mean. So let’s skip the crap, and believe me: the sound result is highly unprofessionally professional. It sucks, and at the same time, it does bot!
Demonic.Noise.Vomit stands for a blood-vomiting combination of frenzy Harsh Noise / Noise Wall outbursts, blackened screamo passages, hyper-kinetic Power-Electronics, and mostly tortured Death Industrial excerpts. Their Nekro-Tekno / Speedcore / Noise horrors initially starts up somewhat uninspired (this isn’t my personal opinion), but throughout the album’s adventure, the essence of Sonic Noise-Electronics gets better and more intensive. Therefor I recommend the listener to hold on, to continue, to endure…
Some parts aren’t but cheap collages of noisy brutality and empty-bottled outbursts, but that isn’t but a ‘problem’ throughout the first half of the album. Actually, I guess it was meant to be this way, this album being an immer-growing experience (though with a mostly ugly face). Yet it needs some listens. Undersigned too did need three listens before undergoing inner acceptance. Not that I am a trustee of this kind of muSICK, yet still… Besides, the addition of ‘melodic’ (haha) guitar melodies, vocal samples and ritual percussion passages (all separated from each other, yet coherent in attitude), and especially those gruesome, tortured blackened vomit-throats, aren’t but strengthening the ugliness of this sonic malediction. Eventually, this material grinds and splatters, and probably it might be quite hard to digest, but it might be attractive at last. It depends on your state of mind and, of course, on your muSICKal taste, but I am pretty sure it might attract you if you’re modestly different from the ‘normal’ audience. The ideas behind the concept are quite ingenious, with some minor executions, yet quite some smart, intriguing creations for sure as well.
Oh yes, I truly adore the lullaby Lo-Frequency Ordainment because of its malignant atmosphere and those fabulous guitar / bass lines (besides the sweet vocal chants, evidently), which has so many layers to enjoy… It’s my favourite (I am the reviewer, so I can write my personal subjective opinion), but you might understand why if you hear this exceptionally unique piece (!)!