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No Sense - Out of Reality

Devastation and Massacre - 70%

Vaseline1980, August 3rd, 2024
Written based on this version: 1991, 7" vinyl, Fucker Records

Yup, it's back to early 90's Brazil again. On the block today we have No Sense, a death metal infected grindcore band, with as an extra striking aspect, a female singer. And does it work, you ask? Well read on and find out.

In style, No Sense is comparable to bands like old Napalm Death (of course) and their fellow countrymen Rot, but they had me thinking most of acts like Repulsion, El Kaso Urkijo and Atrocity (US), bands that certainly knew how to straddle that divide between raw death metal and primitive grindcore. The songs are short, raw and predominantly fast, making it rain blast beats and manic thrashing polka's when they go full on. Slower parts are incorporated, but these never last long, just setting up the next fast blast of ferocious grind. The band is at its best when just going full speed ahead. When they take the slow approach for a longer stretch (I'm talking about the closing track "Dying" here), the music loses its intensity, becoming a bore pretty quickly.

Overall, the main attraction here are the vocals of Marly. Imagine Wendy O. of The Plasmatics imitating Quorthon of Bathory, something to that effect. She has a raw throated rasp that goes extremely well with the rough and volatile music on offer, unfortunately here and there being joined by a down-pitched voice that does undercut her performance somewhat. They could've left that out, in my opinion, because Marly can hold her own without problem, so no need for those kind of shenanigans.

Do I have to tell you that the production is on the rough side? Although I have heard way worse, it still is a definite underground style production job. The vocals are well up in the front (which is no punishment, though), with right behind that a mass of bass, guitars and drums, barely managing to stay out of deteriorating into a blurr. In the faster parts, the guitars do sink away in the ensuing clamor a tad, but it could've been worse. The music never loses that belligerent touch, and as long as it keeps exuding that raw underground energy, I'm okay with it. This still is an early 90's grindcore EP, after all.

This is a sturdy release by an interesting band. Despite there being nothing on this EP that the experienced old school grind hound has never heard before, the music is still worth the effort, I say. It has energy and conviction oozing off of it, and you should hear those vocals at least once in your life.

Besides, it's always fun to dig up an obscure ditty like this.