Death/doom/industrial (as in machine head) for Dead-heds. The next time you've taken a dose and you don't want to listen to more MBV or Jefferson Airplane, put this disc on. It meshes well with the new Type O Negative. Both are so far out there you don't know if you can reel them in.

Or, do you really want to? This is not radio-friendly music, although at KCOU we have two hours set aside every week for just this sort of in-house studio experimentation.

While this doesn't always translate well to recorded material, bands like Einsturzende Neubauten and the aforementioned TON do a really good job of making me listen. And Dead World are pretty damn fine themselves. To define this sound would be to limit it, so I'll retract my earlier synopsis.

I've noticed a lot of you tell me you really like the new Type O Negative, but it never shows up on your lists. The same can be said of My Dying Bride. Shame on you. You are being cultural elitists, saving the best music for only your ears. Hell, as college (or at least "alternative") loud music djs you should be playing the most extreme and innovative music around. Don't cop out.

This is more than mere music; it is a true experience. Don't ignore this because it is different. Revel in it.

Mitch and Mick Harris got together for a few hours over three years ago and cranked this out. It is just now seeing the light of day in the United States, due mostly to the great success Napalm Death is finally having.

But even if Napalm Death were stiffs, this is a fine album. When so few people are involved, the project can seem even more together, more coherent. It seemed to work very well here. I do wish these folks would have a little humor and come out with an album titled "Mitch and Mick get Laid" or something stupid like that, but I suppose that would undermine the thoughts contained therein. No matter; ignore the tangent.

And it is not nearly ND sound-related as are the Righteous Pigs. This is really not a slam or compliment. It's an observation. But, of course, any discerning death/grindcore fan will truly enjoy Defecation.

I like this. It cranks my blood to new levels.

Very short amount of space: decent band, terrible production. They will be appearing on some compilation pretty soon, actually produced this time, so that will be the real judgement. Word is their live shows are great.

Sound: kinda glam-classic hard rock stuff. But I'm not sure.

Boy, talk about something different. After listening to over two hours of death and grindcore stuff, this pops out.

Yes, as you know, I've always been a sucker for messy pop music; the Young Fresh Fellows and Uncle Tupelo are favorites of mine. This is a bit heavier than those, and the odd Manchester drum beat sneaks in, but only occasionally.

Come to think of it, this reminds me of the new Bob Mould project, Sugar, which I heard for the first time last weekend.

After all that is said and done, Overwhelming Colorfast are still more than appropriate for a hard rock show. The guitars are loud, and just because they can carry a tune (which beats Warrant, Skid Row and the lot of bands like that) doesn't mean you should discriminate against them.

Enjoy.

Well, many of you have already taken note, but for all you playing Napalm Death out there (and there are quite a few) listen up. As it seems almost every grindcore band out there claims ties to Napalm Death, the Righteous Pigs not only have a very respected ex-member in guitarist Mitch Harris, they crank through a series of tunes that are very reminiscent of ND.

Their first album, Live and Learn, is also included. It is much more on the hard core side of things, but the rawness and absence of slurred vocals are very appealing to me. Twenty-eight tunes of pure fury. This is good food.

The problem I had with most of the RRR album is that while the songs started interestingly enough, by the end the conglomeration of sounds had reduced the overall effect of the songs to mush.

Okay, so the lyrics are still nothing exceptional, but the remixes here kind of make up for the mush factor. While "If I Only Knew" is supposedly a song advocating safe sex, I couldn't find much reference in the song itself. Perhaps the "Loveglove" and "Double Safe" remix titles are enough.

Besides, "All Sewn Up" is a much more interesting track, and there are only two remixes of that included. Oh well. You take what you can get.