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Who's My Saviour - Glasgow smile CD
Genre: Grindcore
Origin: Germany
Released: 2007
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Label: Power It Up
Uploaded: 09.04.08

If my memory serves me right I�ve seen these fellows� name around, at least in some distros �cause of their previous splits, but I�ve never actually heard them. And after a intro that I�m still very skeptical on, the grinding sets in. But this is not your average grindcore, that I can assure you of. Riff-wise they flirt wildly with hardcore, which gives a certain amount of melody, as well as some metal here and there. The tempo can switch on you faster than a 14-year old kid with a major boner, blowing his load �cause he just touched his first pair of boobs. And it�s definitely the diversity and melody that are the strong points of Who�s My Saviour. It doesn�t matter if they grind like hell or if it�s a metallic breakdown with tons of kick drum action, there�s always a strong sense of melody (without getting out of hand, of course). And the dual vocals are raving and raging, absolutely fierce and energetic, just as the music.
It reminds me a whole lot of Sayyadina, but also of Man In Shackles for that melodic powerviolence touch, and I think maybe even their fellow countrymen Y and Yac�psae. Top notch musicianship, tight-as-hell in every twist and turn the music takes, with influences from a wide variety of genres. And for some reason it also has a certain German feeling about it. I�m not saying that just �cause their German, but there�s something about it that just feels typically German, hehe. But never mind that last ranting I just made, but rather take my word for it and pick this little gem up if you�re interested in grindcore breaking the trends. A rather grim album title too, I might add.

Tracklist:
01. Routinier
02. Neurotiker
03. You march
04. Rocking Rolf
05. Countdown
06. What a wonderful world
07. Festgenagelt
08. Freaks on parade
09. Bissspuren
10. Annihilated motivation
11. When magic turns into black plague
12. Knochenm�hle
13. Moaning song
14. Shizo
15. Endlosschleife
16. Save your breath