Decade of Disgust

What we have here is the ten year anniversary album by the Dutch grindsters Collision, a band I’m very well acquainted with (at least on record, I’ve never seen them live). I’ve never heard their demo, but besides that I’ve kept up with the subsequent releases. Possibly ‘cause they’ve kept sending me promos, possibly ‘cause they also had me hooked with Romantic display of love, their debut album. The promo sending just made it easier and cheaper for me since I didn’t have to buy the records myself, hehe.

Collision definitely have developed over the years, where the intense grindcore of their debut was injected with a humongous dose of thrash for the follow-up Roadkiller, a sound they later perfected with the DrDoom split. Decade of disgust is a compilation of out of print and previously unreleased tracks, and coincidently it starts out with Collision’s side of said split. Just as I mentioned in my original review of it the thrashing is truly intense, and the thrashcore set in grindcore speed is so damn energetic it calls for a moshpit just to honour it. Riff-wise they’ve got it nailed with plenty of catchy and slick material, just as the loads of tempo changes keeps it interesting and varied, and keeps the listener on his/her edge. The dual vocals works utterly well, and you’ve got all you could possibly ask for in thrashing grind right here in Collision.

The album’s also filled with a whole bunch of covers, something I’ve realized the guys must love to record since all of their releases contain at least one. Here we have the Not in my backyard (that was also on the previously mentioned split) originally by some band called Heideroosjes, and it really shreds with a bloody wicked chorus. From the same recording session we find Choice for a new generation, a Brutal Truth cover, that was previously unreleased. It continues with covers of both S.O.D. and Dead Kennedys before getting on with the Repulsion and Nasum covers that were recorded for its respective tribute album. But, included is also Time to act!, yet another Nasum track, but previously unreleased. I have to say that all covers are executed with flying colours, and they’re all given a Collision vibe, and hence differs a bit from the originals (something most bands don’t do; give their covers a twist).

Following are ten tracks from three different gigs, all sounding… well, recorded live, so to speak. The sound quality is of course lowered in comparison to the rest of the material here, but just as the liner notes say; decent live recordings of extreme bands is an almost impossibility. However, this isn’t all that bad, and one can definitely appreciate these tracks as well. And the liner notes gives you some nice insight and funny stories (like getting lost backstage just before the gig). All in all this is a great chance for fans and newcomers to get a feel for this band, and its self-released (unless I’m mistaken) under the name of Sixkiller Records and sold for only five euros, which is bloody cheap. Kudos to the lads!

Originally written for My Last Chapter