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Str8 Outta Northcote

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For all those who did not like this album because it didn't compare to cult extreme metal bands with high-end production and state-of-the-art audio equipment so you could hear every single overused double-kick beat crystal clear, you COMPLETELY missed the point. Blood Duster is a grindcore band in name only. They sound grindcore enough on the first listen but you can also detect a HUGE punk/southern rock influence. They are, more or less, a condensed stoner rock/sludge band. I can hear a little Melvins, ZZ Top, and a tremendous amout of Kyuss on here. Take all the catchy nineties hooks and riffs you can think of, shorten them to be played with a thrashy drumbeat and heavily fuzzed guitars, and cut the song to about 30 sec. to 1:40, and eliminate all solos, except for an outstanding one at the very end, and you have this album. "Celebrating 35% Pigfat" has the best punk/metal guitar riff EVER. I wish that song was maybe a minute longer. The instrumental track sounds like music to listen to in a beat-up pick-up truck going 70 mph through the sticks with cops chasing you. The unlisted final track is some of their best work. The aforementioned solo is a stoner rock odyssey. Don't buy this album if you are into serious grindcore/extreme metal. Just because they have the word "Blood" in their name doesn't mean all of their songs are, well..."blood" related.

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anyway, this band is catchy as hell. it's extremely well done. it's just plain awesome. it's like you take all that stuff you like about rock and roll like the pentatonic blues scale, solos you can remember and that big blues beat + relapse grindcore and you get straight up quality. buy it, then drive around in your car banging your head to it like i do. the only complaint is that it's too short, short as in you want more when it's over.

Awesome album, theese guys just keep toppin themselves, every song is grerat...even "digital silence"!, buy this or any other Blood Duster album, and your ears will be raped with full out grinddeathmetalrock, nothin better.

I first heard of Blood Duster when I bought the Relapse Records Contaimnation 3.0 compliation CD. Blood Dusters' only song on that compilation was "IHATEGIRLSANDCRUSTYPUNX" which clocks in at 16 seconds. I've been listening to STR8OUTTANORTHCOTE almost daily since the day I got it. Although they do have a reputation for kicking out band members quite frequently, I must say everyone on THIS recording (Tonez: Vocals, Jason P.C.: Bass, Euan: Drums, Fin: Guitars) are very good at what they do. This band doesn't take itself too seriously and it shows (especially on the tracks "ITSJUSTNOTMETAL" and "BALLADOFHOYT"). This album is great, not a bad song on here. Some people might be put off by the song "PUREDIGITALSILENCE" but you gotta know the level of humor these guys are at, immature, vile and misogynistic......and I love all every minute of it! ... .

while somewhat of a departure in style from "yeest", this album is still just as freaking awesome, if not better. Think of a rockabilly band that decided to get high, watch alot of porn + bad horror movies, and then decided to play grindcore/death metal - "deathabilly" as I like to call it. This album is absolutely insane, how these guys manage to play so fast boggles my mind. The samples between tracks are even better than on "yeest" (skynard... lynard skynard!!!). Definietly a must own CD for any metal freak. Now if only these wankers could tour the states - I can't even fathom what their live shows must be like!

THIS IS A COOL CD ITS OK AND BAD I THINK U LIKEIT STAY BRUTAL

THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST CD'S IN MY COLLECTION. I BOUGHT THIS CD BASED SOLELY ON THE NAME OF THE BAND. I THOUGHT WITH A NAME LIKE THIS, THIS BAND MUST BE PRETTY GOOD. I WAS RIGHT. TO TRY AND CATEGORIZE BLOOD DUSTER WOULD BE VERY HARD TO DO. BUT IF I HAD TO I WOULD SAY THEY ARE DEFINITELY HEAVY DEATH METAL ALONG WITH GORE METAL, PUNK, COUNTRY, A TWISTED SORT OF HIP HOP, BLUES AND BASICALLY ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN THROW IN THERE. THIS CD IS DEFINITELY ONE FOR THE BOOKS. IF YOU LIKE JUST ONE THE LABELS I MENTIONED THEN I SUGGEST YOU BUY THIS CD BECAUSE YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH IT.

This album was a waste of money. If you want true death metal spend your money on Nile, or Cyptopsy not this weak garbage.

Just like Rebecca this album blows