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Slamming hard and tons of fun - 95%

Ahmed_R, May 17th, 2018
Written based on this version: 2018, Digital, Disposable Culture (Bandcamp)

This oddity is equally hilarious and brutal. I love it!

They band markets themselves as "slam" (you can stream the whole thing on SlamWorldWide's YouTube channel at the time of writing this review- but I loved it enough to purchase the mp3s). But, it's definitely got a goregrind-like feel to it and keeping in mind with that doesn't take anything seriously at all. As you can tell by the title and artwork they're working an Austin Powers gimmick the whole way through.

Two of the strongest songs, which really sum up what you're getting are "Fetal Consumption" and "Torturous Ornamental Garment". "Fetal Consumption" has the famous clip of Fat Bastard saying "get in my belly!" and "Torturous Ornamental Garment" is about his sumo wrestling diaper itching his balls. So obviously really immature middle school humor but plenty of 20somethings like me will remember this from childhood/teenage years and while it's not exactly 'nostalgic' it's just a lot of fun to see a band not taking anything seriously - Mister Bigglesworth certainly stand out from the million faceless blood-and-guts Cannibal Corpse clones that are taking it way too seriously.

But sampling aside the musicians are incredibly talented. This has some of the best bass-playing I've heard in a long time and the production really brings it out too. Really crazy blast-beat work gives the riffs a good crunch; the extremely strong opening track "Caffeinated Fecal Substance" (This coffee smells like shit!) shows this too.

There's no denying this is gimmicky and kind of up a niche. If you're not into something that intensely violent - this beats out a lot of brutal technical death metal on a basis of pure blasting, slamming - juxtaposed with dumb old movie clips then you're going to hate it, because it's brutal for the sake of brutality and dumb for the sake of dumb. In fact the closest thing I can think of to Mister Bigglesworth would be XXX Maniak, a decade ago.

If you can take it for what it is, it's a classic.