Genre: Deathgrind
Origin: Germany
Released: 2007
Website: Depression
Label: Apathic View Productions
Uploaded: 09.04.08

A live album from one of the longest running deathgrind acts out there. Depression was born in 1989, but didn’t play a gig until '04, and they stopped doing so in '06 after just a handful of gigs. I guess you, just like I, didn’t have the opportunity to actually see them live. So this is our only chance to try and get a feel for the live act Depression.
The first thing that strikes me is that the sound quality is better than on tons of grind acts’ studio albums. Each instrument is fully audible as well as the vocals from Ron, Marc and Kai. Though Kai’s gnarly psycho screeches get a little low sometimes, but since he’s the drummer I wouldn’t expect anything else. So what about the music… Well, you should have at least heard of these guys by now, so you should know what to expect. It’s effective, old school, dirty, raw and heavy grinding death – just the way we like it. Two growling madmen accompanied by a truly mad man for the screaming. The booklet has some pics from the evening, plus some thoughts and thanks from the Depression dudes and a guy called Smoo, who had apparently flown in from the States just for this event. You can hear that the audience had a great time, as well as the band. There’s plenty of talk in between songs, and eventhough I don’t speak any German, words like “bier”, “tequila” and “chili con carne” are international. If I’m not mistaken I think they’re asking for more beer and checking to see if there’s any more chili in the house, hehe…
Close to 40 minutes of live action, ending with the unreleased studio track Dalai Dahmer. Good stuff.

Tracklist:
01. Knee deep in rancid bowels
02. Flesh of mine
03. The mangler
04. Maggot eater
05. (Fuck off, you) bastard
06. Bloodheaven
07. Gods of grind
08. Putting the last nail
09. Eroded epitaph
10. Amputations for my rations
11. In the land of cotton where the whiskey flows and the ground is rotten – jam
12. Slowly passing timeless horrors
13. Infection
14. Defaced
15. Leichenduft
16. Sathanas – I am God
17. Dalai Dahmer