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Goodbye Cruel World

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brutal truth is one of my favorite death/grindcore metal bands. I loved extreme condtitions and need to control but this one doesn't do it as much for me because of the horrible production. it still contains brutal truths best songs live and about ten cover songs so its worth buying for anything brutal truth fan but its not a good introduction to the band. you get your moneys worth with the tracks though, theres over 2 hours of brutal grindcore here, but still the production brings this album down a lot, i say get extreme conditions demand extreme responses first.

This is BT's final album, but at least they go out with a bang, actually noise carnage that resembles some of the best grindcore ever released. The first cd is a live recording from Australia, and while it does have it's tinny production moments, you'll soon forget them as you succumb to the sheer brutality (pun intended) to the overall massive attack that you suffer from the songs. "Walking Corpse": awesome. "Cornucopia" stunning. "Jemenez Cricket": shattering. The second disc is a culmination of other live recordings, covers and b-side one offs. Regardless, an essential purchase for the grind freak. Kevin, gurn, rich and danny shove their primitive foot through our weak skulls for the last time.

This is, of course, Brutal Truth's last hurrah, and boy oh boy is it a good one. As I'm sure you know, the first disc is a complete live set from one of their final shows in Austrailia, and the second disc is some assorted rarities, covers, and other live stuff from various other shows. The end result? Beautiful. More than 2 hours of grindcore chaos at its finest. I love it. Although the overall production kinda sucks, it's still Brutal Truth, and it's still damn good.

First this collection doesn't get you (just as all the BT releases), the live songs are chaotic but then you start realising that this is really how Relapse defines: organized chaos. Disc one is all live tracks, disc two has some songs which are taken from the Japanese pressings of previous albums and some 7" EP songs. The covers are the best choices, especially "Hippie Cult" from Agathocles. The features on the inlay card are also kool, so if you are a fan of Brutal Truth, you should get this CD as the last one in the BT collection.

People buying a grindcore live cd are complaining about the sound production? SLAP YOURSELVES. This disc is essential to anyone who has any liking whatsoever to grind, death, or anything heavy. Both discs are golden, you can not help but headbang while listening to this album. The most influential grind band's last (double) cd. Get it!

i would like to begin this review by giving thanks to danny lilker for leading me to this band...i have long been a fan of his, and bought into this band because of his presence...i may never have really given this style of music a chance were it not for his part in this band, and for that i say...thank you, dan...

now, for anyone that wants to know what grindcore is...this is it...i really cannot think of another band that has done it as well as these guys did during their years together...

this is an amazing set, but, for me, the jewel is disc one...a live performance of many of the band's classics...some highlights for me: choice of a new generation, jemenez cricket, sympathy kiss, and kill trend suicide have never sounded better...kevin bellowing out the vocals like an utter madman, gurn grinding away with riffs that are virtually unheard of in the genre, rich banging out every style imaginable across his set, and what can you say about lilker other than to simply utter the word, god...

buy this album, but do not forget the others...this is a band the likes of which we may never again see...

i love brutal truth and this was a great idea for a final hurrah but the production [stinks]. it was too hard to capture a brutal truth live performance on cd. either that or the playing is very sloppy. its still pretty good for a diehard brutal truth fan but a few songs are almost unlistenable because of the production. Listening to this album stoned actually makes it sound better though.