They describe themselves as vulgar death grind, and I think they didn't
have any possibility to come up with a better description. I always
like to go to the borders of extremity concerning music, but it has to
be quality and I was definitely surprised when I heard this band for
the first time. Mostly when bands play such hard and fast music the mix
becomes blurry and there's no whole anymore, but Balatonizer has the
capacity to give every instrument the space it needs without making it
boring and empty. This is probably easier when you work with a
drumcomputer instead of a real drummer as they do. But I'm a fan of
drumcomputers when they're used well, and this band isn't afraid to
discover the capacities of the machine and even uses some beats that
you would never associate with death or grind music. The music contains
everything to make a cd of this calibre outbalanced; you really have to
expect everything, from old school death metal riffs over modern
grindcore, creepy samples (I'm happy they didn't use them too much) and
even noises you can't place. What I especially like about Balatonizer
is that the singer really uses his voice as an instrument and has no
intention at all to spread any content with this band. He just grunts
and I think it's funny as hell to see these guys performing live. The
only way they spread some message with is with the comic in the
booklet, and I can say it's cool, because it's so ridiculous and they
make fun of the whole metal scene in it. It starts with the band
entering a cave where they find Satan, Satan gives them enormous powers
and at the end they use these powers to slay innocent people in the
streets. This artwork is very well done and looks really professional.
If you like some extreme music you get 32 tracks of heavy grinding and
1 video in only a little bit more of 25 minutes. For fans of extreme
music like Gorgasm or Cattle Decapitation.
By Michiel
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