Here we have another personal favorite of the era, but one that's a bit tougher to describe convincingly here in metal-saturated 2015. Vincebus Eruptum were years ahead of the "blackened punk" (or whatever) curve that every group of dudes in Beherit longsleeves seems to be side-project-ing to their "proper metal" bands these days (which is fine by me).
Featuring bass player Dan St Jacques (longtime member of Landed and Olneyville Sound System, among others) and drummer Brian Dufresne, the two of whom made up the rhythm section of the reformed Six Finger Satellite in 2009), as well as guitarists Jeff "Odegaard" Brown (later of Worms in Women and Cattle, Hard Drug and Haxen), Shawn St Martin (later of Neon Bitches), and the truly unhinged vocals of Matt Johnson.
The original incarnation of the band would play a single, plodding two-note doom dirge for anywhere from 10-30 minutes, with Matt just going apeshit over the top, and occasionally accompanied by sax from sometime OSS member Raghu Bhat. I fucking loved it myself and remain bummed that they never recorded that one song which they played singularly for their first half dozen or so shows.
Their debut CDr demo features five tracks perfectly blending filthy dirging noise-rock and black metal-influenced thrash, anchored by those maniacal, mucid, spittling vocals. Recorded raw and nasty without sounding self-consciously "lo-fi". Their sole other release (on Load Records) is absolutely essential if you're into this kind of grimy shit.
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