Contaminated 5.0

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 21, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Relapse
• ASIN: B00007JGR0
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #191,596 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Motor-Ready - Alabama Thunderpussy

2. March Of The Fire Ants - Mastodon

3. Dow Jones And The Temple Of Doom - Burnt By The Sun

4. Body Destroyed, Brain Intact - Dysrhythimia

5. Destro's Secret (Live) - The Dillinger Escape Plan

6. Hung, Drawn And Quartered - High On Fire

7. Warm Hands, Cold Heart - 27

8. Sarcophagus - Nile

9. The Tide - Neurosis

10. Silence Of The Setting Sun - Amber Asylum

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Funeral Inception - Suffocation

2. Portal - Origin

3. 666 Casualties - Regurgitate

4. Lucid Interval - Cephalic Carnage

5. Miscreant - Skinless

6. Boredom Suits Me Fine - Gadget

7. Vengeance Unleashed - Dying Fetos

8. Her (Inamorata) - The End

9. The Horns - Disfear

10. Dead And Buried - Mortician

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great showcase of Relapse's best, March 8, 2003

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TonyDanzaExperience (Earth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Contaminated 5.0 (Audio CD)

If you are in the know you probably already realize that Relapse is probably the best heavy label in America, if you aren't then I would recommend you purchase this immediatly. You will hear a lot of the more well-known bands from Relapse like the Dillinger Escape Plan, Neurosis, Soilent Green, Nile, Burnt By the Sun, Cephalic Carnage, Mastodon, Pig Destroyer and more, but there are a lot of things on here that caught me by surprise.

Dysrythmia- Body Destroyed Brain Intact: Sonuds kind of like King Crimson mixed with Candiria but all instrumental. I can't wait for the new album to come out.

27- Warm Hands Cold Hands: By far the most melodic band on this comp very catchy, but not in an annoying way.

Amber Asylum- Silence of the Setting Sun: Great avant-rock type band, hypnotic with great female vocals.

Alchemist- Single-Sided: I really don't know how to describe these guys, think Pink Floyd but much heavier.

Pentagram- Forever My Queen: Great stoner rock despite the name the band sounds like they could have been huge in the seventies. I know these guys have been around for a long time and I am kind of ashamed this is the first time I have heard them.

Genocide Superstars- We Are Born of Hate: Speed Punk, but also very enjoyable.

Halo- Rise: Noise, but some of the coolest noise you would ever hope to hear.

The second disc is a little harder to get into if you haven't been kind of prepared for the death metal and grindcore on there but it is still great.

Origin- Portal: A complete death metal assult of jackhammer drumming and guitar riffs.

Skinless- Mecreant: I seriously don't know if I would want a whole album of this but one track is great.

The End- Her (Inamorta): I don't know what to make of this I would probably compare them them to Dillinger Escape Plan, but not in a sense that they are ripping them off, just a very cool band.

East/West Blast Test- One: A band featuring the amazing Dave Witte and Spazz guitarist Chris Dodge and it's insane to say the least also very short so it doesn't start to get old.

Employer, Employer- One Count of Mutiny: Hardcore tinged with death metal very enjoyable.

Red Harvest- A.E.P: Kind of industrial metal, but a lot better.

Uphill Battle- Ripped Off Face: Kind of like Dillinger but much heavier one of the coolest surprises on the second disc.

Human Remains-Spoiling of Beauty: You can hear the roots of bands like Dillinger and Cephalic Carnage in this band I think they have been around since the early nineties. I think one of the member of Burnt By The Sun is in this band I think it's Dave Witte, but I can't be sure.

Nasum- Going nowhere: If you are a fan of grindcore you know these guys but if you don't they are worth listening to.

There are a few other highpoints I just don't feel like typing the whole night. However there are also a few cookie-cutter death metal bands that are just boring so I felt evn though the amount of impressive material was overwhelming I want to take a point off, but since the price of this double disc compilation is very reasonable I guess a few boring bands can be tolerated.

3.0 out of 5 stars Worth it for the first half; I may give away the second disc., April 5, 2007

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Zen Station "http://www.rateyourmusic.com/~so... (The Graceful Swans of Never) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Contaminated 5.0 (Audio CD)

One great thing about independent labels is the compilations of artists on their record labels. This is actually a good way to find good new music, for me at least. It's kind of like a hard-rock equivalent of "Punk-O-Rama" (or now, they call it "Unsound"). The first of the series that I got was the seventh in the series. I was a really big Dillinger Escape Plan by them (still am), and was interested in a few of those bands. I was pleasantly surprised how some of those sounded and was also impressed with some of the stuff that didn't seem typical of their representation (Zombi and Zeke come to mind).

As for this one, there's one disc that I enjoy and one disc that I find no enjoyment in, really. I wasn't expecting much in some of these, but I was pleasantly surprised to hear the chill 27 and also melodic Amber Asylum, who are a totally different horse for the record label. In addition, I really liked the Neurosis song, which actually makes me want to get A Sun That Never Sets eventually. Nile are maybe for other people, but I personally had little taste for them. In fact, dislike is the polite way to put that one. I was kind of surprised how quickly the song on the second disc from East/West Blast Test was, are they some instrumental hardcore band or something? I liked the first few songs on there quite a bit as well.

Admittedly, I generally like my music way more melodic than this is (especially the second disc). However, I did find enjoyment in about half of the tracks so it was fine enough for me. Besides, you won't be throwing that much money away if you buy this. I got it for $6.

5.0 out of 5 stars relapse is out to corrupt your mind again., August 31, 2004

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king beagley "metal maven" (warsaw, in usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Contaminated 5.0 (Audio CD)

this is a very good compilation. band after band giving your eardrums a beatdown. i have one complaint. what was relapse thinking when it signed the band 27? oh well, at least it isn't no doubt.