Kill Whitey

Thanks to our friends at Relapse records and the satellite XM Liquid Metal station, we are re-acquainted with our good friends Flesh Parade. I personally despise the business practices of corporate entities like Relapse (Psyopus,anyone?) but am indebted to them for putting out quality, and in a lot of cases, hard-to-find re-releases such as this one.


Flesh Parade are on of the unsung heroes of the grind/death genre-but wait-did I say grind/death? I meant grindcore-they reek of punk attitude underneath their death metal styling- a less serious Assuck with screamed vocals and a more playful attitude.They are highly accomplished musicians-at first listen , the technical prowess of vocalist Jason Pilgrim and drummer Todd Capiton are evident.Their stamina is amazing.Pilgrim has never heard a cool, heavy-ass riff that he did not want to put an equally cool, kick-ass vocal line over.The screamed nature of the vocals and velocity of the drumming often push the music into the stratosphere of noisecore but despite their hardcore leanings,it would be a fallacy to say Flesh Parade influenced modern grind/noise bands like The Locust or Daughters-rather,they predated these bands and are arguably far more aggressive and unrelenting than those bands could ever dream of being.Flesh Parade are firmly in the realm of metal-they come from an era where Terrorizer and Brutal Truth were king.Why Flesh Parade never acheived the same level of glory, I have no idea.Overall, I cannot find any fault or point out to anything I do not like on this record-it is a solid effort with high quality throughout. Flesh Parade have recently reconsolidated their line-up so I am sure there will be many good things coming from them in the future.