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GODS!

PROFANATICA – THE ENEMY OF VIRTUE (DVD)
Their material is legendary, their antics are practically mythical, and their attitude is uncompromising. Now you get to see archival footage of these sick masterminds in all of its raw glory, and many hails to Deathgasm for taking the time and effort to put this out and giving us all a reason to toss those VHS tapes. Granted, the footage is as garbled, staticy, and faded as ye olde tapes, but as least they won’t be degrading any further (the beginning of both discs clearly states that the footage is only as good as its source, so keep your expectations not so high)! Compiling a massive amount of New England and Tri-State shows over a 10 year period from the early 90s to the early millennium and presented with just the right amount of information yet still presented with a very minimalist feel, you’d better jump on this before they’re all gone and it’s one of those scenarios where you kick yourself in the ass forever! If you’ve never seen this stuff before and have only heard about it, you have no idea what you’re missing. There’s an essence here long gone in the “scene”, since in fact it has since become a scene too crowded and overexposed for its own good. Here you can see what it was all like before Hot Topic, Guitar Hero, and Cartoon Network injected their taint upon the art and made it hip to hold a camera in front of yourself and make “the horns” while sticking your tongue out and post the picture on MySpace. You also get to here these guys give one hell of an amusing rant against the establishment of religion in an interview along with some other of their not-so-humble opinions as they interject growlspeak every now and then. This is one of those soon-to-be highly sought after and very collectible items that you simply cannot afford to miss. No if you’ll excuse me, I must go vomit on God’s child. (FA)
I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS REVIEW TO THE MEMORY OF ARAGON AMORI, R.I.P. 1996
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NEW DIABOLIC 2-IN-1 REVIEW

DIABOLIC - CHAOS IN HELL/POSSESSED TO DEATH
You thought they were gone. You thought you were safe. Well stop thinking! No sooner than breaking up a few years back, Diabolic returned with two self-released EPs that have graciously been put onto one disc by the fine folks at Death Gasm, with each one featuring a different vocal talent. This Florida act has been around for well over a decade, and while some other bands from their once-venerable scene have lost their edge, Diabolic continues in their path of relentless, demonic death metal. Hopefully this means a solid future of releases and tours to crush us all. The disc also has a video for the track "Engulf the Enchantress", shot in a band rehearsal space with amps exposed for that total underground feel. In this cesspool of modern metal perpetuated by the mainstreamification of the art, some fine, classic-style death metal is just what the doctor ordered, and this is the band to lead the charge. May Diabolic continue to spread their plague upon mankind for years to come! (FA)
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