Wild & Frantic! Rock'n'Roll Special!!!

I’ve been warned before that this EP is ridiculous and a waste of time to listen. I’ve read reviews on how bad it is and I still decided to give this a listen. It turns out that it isn’t very bad as what I have read. Gore beyond Necropsy managed to make me wild and frantic while listening to this fun rock and roll grindcore crossover.

The EP starts off with a heavy yet cheerful cover of the Howling Wolf’s Killing Floor. Instead of head banging, you might end up dancing with this! The rock and roll vibe is amazing and the growls seemed to be perfect for this. The next track, By My Side is fine beside the vocal which is composed of echoes instead of growls. However, when the vocalist screams, it sounds good. The only “echo talk” I can tolerate in this track is when the vocalist says “aha, aha” at the end of the song. Lots of cymbal attacks in this track.

The third track, Psycho, a cover song from The Sonics starts with a drum roll and no guitars. The scream is very decipherable in this track. The guitarist did a great job in maintaining the grindcore vibe and still managed to keep the rock and roll vibe in tact. It’s interesting to hear such a guitar solo in this song. The next song,” Dirty Boogie, I’m on Fire!” which is the cover of The Dirty has a crust punk feel. The rock and roll vibe is lost here. There is too much grindcore elements thrown into the mix. However, the tiny lead works did save the day. The next track is a cover of Eddie Holland’s Leaving Here. I’ve never heard of the original version of this track but there are some parts that sound like Brujeria with brutal death growls minus the guitar solo and bluesy ending.

To sum up, this EP isn’t that bad according to what I’ve read. I had a great time listening to it. It’s a great change after listening to countless angry grind/death metal bands. If you are curious on how death/grind might sound like the whole genre is influenced by happy sounding garage bands, this EP here for you. Listen to this with an open mind, and then you’ll see how good this EP is. Remember, minds, like parachutes works better when open. Enjoy!

This is not the usual over-the-top grind that you know from your Japanese superheroes Gore Beyond Necropsy. GBN does 5 covers here and I cannot say I am really Wild & Frantic about it…

On the side A-Go-Go!!! they start off with "Killing Floor" originally by Howlin’Wolf. The song starts immediately with rocking guitars never heard on any other GBN releases. Before you think there will be no grind at all on this ep, the typical GBN roaring and thundering guitars come in, but with way less reverb than on their own “songs”. Probably because of a short guitarsolo at the beginning of the track, GBN calls this “The Jimi Hendrix Experience version”.
Next two songs are "By my Side" (The Spaceshits) and "Psycho" (The Sonics). Psycho is the track I like best on this ep, but still it is way more rock’n’roll than Grind or Metal. A band like Blood Duster likes to add some Sabbath-vibes to their very rancid grindsongs once and a while, but this is something completely different. People who also own GBN’s previous release, the “Fullthröttle Chaös Grind Machine” ep, know they did their own rock song “Sick Rock’n’Roll” on that one: this Wild & Frantic ep is kind of an extreme make-over of that conceptual idea, but for me it doesn’t work. This is all happy shit here and no typical Harshit Grind at all.

On the flipside, called side Boogie-Woogie!!! there are two more rockers: "Dirtys Boogie-I’m on Fire" originally performed by The Dirtys and "Leaving Here" (Eddie Holland). Again our Japanese friends thought it appropriate to add to the last track that it is the Motohead version (yes, without a ‘R’). When listening to the song you’ll understand why and because I don’t give a shit about Motörhead I will reduce some more points here!
The best thing of this ep are the vocals: very deep and growling grunts that should totally rip the listener to pieces. But they just don’t work with the happy melodies which accompany them.

For the record I have to state that I don’t know any of the originals, cause I am not into happy music. This release is only recommended to people who do not like GBN. When you have heard of the excellent reputation this band has built up with their self proclaimed “Harshit Grind”, try any other release first… This one is to complete your GBN-collection I guess!