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Bestial Machinery

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We've been waiting for this for years. The discography (sort of) for the greatest drum machine grindcore band on the planet. This collection contains all the old vinyl splits and whatnot except for PCP Torpedo (being reissued soon on Hydrahead) and let me tell you, 99% of this is the best material ANb has released. (This is also a great place for the uninitiated to start appreciating this band.) I still love them to death, but their newer Frozen Corpse-era material is more thrash-influenced and metallic; less immediate, and more "traditionally" structured (although still inhuman and bizarre by most standards). For those who haven't heard this band, they basically sound like SCUM-era Napalm Death, only twice as fast and with machine guns for drums. Seriously the drum programming on this stuff is over the top. Much of it would be humanly impossible to play and often, no measure will ever repeat itself in a song. They emphasize not only ridiculous speed but mindblowing complexity (with the guitars as well as the machine). The songs are obviously all incredibly short (they've recorded and released over 320 songs so far.) Still, they mantain excellent songwriting skills and catchiness for a band of this genre. I highly recommend this band and I'm often amazed how many people into metal, grindcore, and HARDcore are unfamiliar with them. They are truly revolutionary, and far more visceral and brutal than most mainstream metal bands. I would definitely place them in the top of the modern grindcore heap (along with the Kill, Discordance Axis and others)
Featuring former and/or current members of Isis, Pig Destroyer, AxCx, Japanese Torture Comedy Hour, Enemy Soil, Skinless and others.
For pure aggression and speed, go for Bestial Devastation. For absurdity and chaos, go for Altered States of America. For complexity and progressiveness, go for the Poacher Diaries, and for shredding, thrashy grind, go for Frozen Corpse Stuffed with Dope. This band manages to sound slightly different every time out but always immediately recognizable (unlike most grindcore bands unfortunately)

fans of ANb should also check out Pantalones Abajo Marinero, Dataclast, F**K...I'm Dead, AssCavern, The Kill, Discordance Axis, Bollock Swine, Blockheads, Pig Destroyer, Ganglia, Gigantic Brain, Jet Jaguar KR-3 Kill Spree, Genghis Tron, twodeadsluts onegoodf**k, Extreme Smoke, Alien Crucifixion, Squash Bowels, Neurovisceral Exhumation, GrindCorps., Nee, WORLD, Nikudorei, Elf Smasher, Excrementory Grindf**kers, Captain Cleanoff, Ariel Sharon's Head in an Industrial Press, Intestinal Disgorge, Shinu Mazafakingu Ujimushi, Final Exit, Sissy Spacek, Senseless Apocalypse, MINCH and tons of others I'm sure I am forgetting...

Agoraphobic Nosebleed never ceases to amaze me. I would say that they are Metal geniuses, prodigys even. Nothing is more joyous and relaxing then listening to Agoraphobic Nosebleed for hours on end over and over again till I start to bleed out of ever orifice on my body, which makes me come back begging for more. hmmm life is good. The booklet if full of hilarious pictures too.

This is the first full length ANb CD I ever purchased, after finally warming upto their tracks on 'The Poacher Diaries' (I was way too into Converge to give them a chance then). And I must say this is by far the most brutal ear drum assaulting music I have ever heard. Uncomprehensible at times and occasionally just ridiculously hilarious, overall a stunning release from the most originally insane outfit in Grind history. Not to mention the artwork/Song titles which are some of the funniest most offensive things I have ever layed eyes on. The music is a monument of their earliest works; Violent Riffs and Bullet paced drum beats laced over acid induced screeching and roaring. Not best swallowed whole, this album is one to grow on. Although I felt the brilliant assault all the way through. In my opinion, the Covers are the very best this release has to offer; Such as 'Hungry Child', 'I'd Rather Be Sleeping', & 'Forgotten In Space'.
But the original stuff holds it's own on many disturbing yet enjoyable levels. The Best tracks are 'Hessian Bodyfarm', 'Lithium Daydream', 'Kool-Aid Feedbag', 'Eight Girls Instead pf Nine' (Possibly the best song title ever written), & 'My Life Is A Money Pit'. But there are far too many more to choose from.
Overall a great introduction to the craziest Hardcore out there.

With 136 tracks (yeah 136 freakin' tracks)this is pretty much all the grincore you'll ever need again. and since the "vocals" were done by different people each 12 tracks or so, its like hearing a different band each time. just dont let anyone else hear this album (they'll think you're insane)

Kinda strange, but this CD really grows on you like a cancerous lesion. There are flat out rocking parts and then there are "I'm going to scream something and end the song". Anyway, its cool stuff none-the-less and I am having a hard time taking either one outta my CD changer. CD is freaking unrelenting, pulverizing stuff. I like it! Favorite ANb at the moment.

If you love Pig Destroyer then you will probably like it. Otherwise..buyer beware as this is very tough to get used too.

This is crazy! 2 CDs for the price of one, you get 136 songs! Thats right 1-3-6! For your a fan of ANb and don't have this, pick this baby up NOW!

Bestial Machinery is the perfect release for any longtime Agoraphobic Nosebleed (ANb) fan, or anyone looking to check them out. The two discs span about 80 minutes over the course of their 136 tracks, and most importantly, the songs cover a couple of years worth of material. While ANb has been pretty crazy from the beginning, they have grown and evolved over time, so you get to see the direction they were heading in leading up to their full-length releases on Relapse (Honky Reduction and Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope). Some of this stuff I had heard before from owning splits and comps, but a lot of it was new to me, and the cover of Voivod's "Forgotten in Space" ripped my face right off. Worth every single penny. For first-time listeners, I would recommend picking this up first, since you can get a good idea of what the band's all about before diving into their full-lengths. Some of their later material (especially Altered States of America) is a little tougher to get into right away than this collection.

if Pig Destroyer is a NASA fighter jet training, think of Agoraphobic Nosebleed as a shuttle ride into space at 22,500 mph! grindcore doesn't get much faster than this!

I never really got into Agoraphobic Nosebleed, with pointless blasts of "hypergrind" lasting between four to thirty seconds long, its about as musically satisfying as that damn "Laffy Taffy" song I keep hearing on the radio...

Scott Hull's guitar work in Pig Destroyer is awesome, and Agoraphobic Nosebleed would definitly be more interesting if he utilized ALL the strings on the guitar, and came up with some completely ear-melting riffs. Agoraphobic Nosebleed is themed around bizarre conspiracy theories and whatnot, so why not make the music utterly bizarre as well (think !T.O.O.H.!) The guitar parts on this album and all the other Agoraphobic Nosebleed albums are as sterile and interesting as Jennifer Aniston's personal life. Yeah, the drums are fast (its a drum machine...) as hell, but that doesn't by any means make this album "amazing metal" or anything close to that. If you want to hear amazing drumming listen to Kataklysm or 1349. If you want to hear better grind listen to !T.O.O.H.! or maybe Cephalic Carnage.