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Needful Things - Dead point CD
Genre: Grindcore
Origin: Czech Republic
Released: 2006
Website: Needful Things
Label: Khaaranus Productions
Uploaded: 15.04.08

A full onslaught of Napalm Death adoring grindcore, especially that essential Scum era. Needful Things definitely don�t re-invent the wheel, but damn what a freaking blast it is.
The production presents a full and heavy wall of sound, capable of sounding clean and brutal, whilst letting the strings strike you down like a thunderstorm. And while this heavy rumbling flirt in both metal and hardcore directions it�s really true to the core of early grindcore (just like it was back then when Scum was released). Some Swedish influences � la Nasum might be detected, but that could just as well be the heavy Napalm Death influence Nasum had that nudges me in the wrong direction. And why not even name-drop Repulsion while we�re at it, just for that rougher edge.
Anyway, really killer old school grindcore with grinding drums, growling and screaming vocals, blasting drums and heavy breakdowns, presented in a full sound. Definitely nothing wrong about this album; a true gem for the grind fan.

Tracklist:
01. Life in lie
02. Resignation
03. Blind followers
04. Entombed
05. Hybridism lieas an facts
06. Mental level: zero
07. Cancer as a business
08. Disease of mind / true lie
09. Pharmacology
10. Controlled madness
11. Paradise in the earth
12. Phobia
13. Fucking judge career
14. Control
15. Low point