Devilica & BOWD: A Short Review
Devilica
The Journey Continues CD
(Third Arm Records)
Blood On Wedding Dress
Blood On Wedding Dress CD
(Satire Records, Japan)
Seems like speeding at breakneck velocity is no longer a must but going at it with the agility of The Fantastic Four’s Human Torch is also one of the main pillars.
Devilica and Blood On Wedding Dress are intense young men going for the kill, zig-zagging through a warped and chaotic sonic tapestry with carefully-honed skill and precision. They are able to stop on a dime and then turn around 270 degrees without a pause, and they would leap over the walls in a single bound.
Their roots lie in post-hardcore, especially of the monstrous but frantic sorts, just like a bunch of ultra-sophisticated tanks with wings and jet-propellers strapped under their bellies.
If you wanna go further into the origins, Dillinger Escape Plan would comes to mind, but i would rather point to the old San Diego post-HC era with bands such as Antioch Arrow, Clikitat Ikatowi, Heroin, Mohinder and most of the stuff coming out of Gravity Records.
That said, The Locust they are not; there are hints of metal, while some people would confuse some parts as grindcore. Whatever it is, it’s all about dishing sonic confusion and both bands managed it well.
They are bands with bees in their bonnet and both are very good at what they are doing. And what they are doing is mixing genres, delivered with non-traditional time-signatures and nonsensical song titles.
Is it good? You bet. I like both bands. As somebody who sometimes would sit down with a mini-disc recorder and try hard at writing songs which I would later offer to my band, I find these guys crazy. I mean it in a good way. It’s pretty easy to come up with a riff or two for a song but these people would cram in 20 different riffs, bridges and time changes in one song, all going in different tangents too!
That said, I would not be able to play them constantly though. I marvel at the virtuosity but after a few listens, I would be craving for a bit of uncomplicated tunage. I’m very bad at math anyway.
Both CDs are now available at The Ricecooker Shop.
contacts: myspace.com/thedevilica | myspace.com/bloodonweddingdress | thirdarmrecords.revoltandchaos.com | revoltandchaos.com | satire-records.com
19 Comments, Comment or Ping
Zach)))
Agreed on what has been written here. Kudos for the magnificent two!
Nov 19th, 2007
pakya
aku dah dgr cd devilica..
best
mcm belajar add math plak..
paktua,nanti2 aku dgr korang plak..
duit mencemburui aku r..
Nov 19th, 2007
ejoi
Cover Devilica ni macam rip-off cover album artis drum and bass malaysia kan?
Nov 23rd, 2007
duan
dia x sengaja tu..diaorg dh plan lama nk buat cover gambar wyg kulit tu…klau rip-off pun apasalah ye..pembajakan itu harus!
Nov 23rd, 2007
dean
siapakah artis drum and bass itu?
Nov 23rd, 2007
ateng
i’m doin the cover n i dont listen to drum n bass..n kalau ada kebetulan i dont know about it.. i got the inspiration after looking at ion dissonance and destroyer2 artwork but trying to add the eastern element
Nov 23rd, 2007
ateng
i’m doin the cover n i dont listen to drum n bass..n kalau ada kebetulan i dont know about it.. i got the inspiration after looking at ion dissonance and destroyer2 artwork but trying to add the eastern element. i’ve talked about adding the wayang kulit element about a year and have asked pak tua and a fwew ppl to design it, but we still does not satisfied and this arwork came out 2 weeks before the release party
Nov 23rd, 2007
Nox
discomafia kot?
Nov 23rd, 2007
paktua
wah joe, thanks a lot review! rasa membuak2 mahu main muzik lagi.kalau sapa2 ada komen, bleh email kat kami ya.tengkius
oh cover devilica tu dah hensem dah tu!
Nov 23rd, 2007
july
lain kali guna lah kuda kepang pulak…
Nov 26th, 2007
ejoi
ha.. betul la kata Nox tu.. Discomafia…
aku ingatkan discomafia split ngan devilica… :-)
apapun, tak disengajakan… :-)
Nov 26th, 2007
ateng
hello ejoi.. thanx anyway sebab bgtau.. persamaan tu mungkin x disengajakan n memang kebetulan.. thanx jugak bgtau so at least boleh gak aku tau.. hehe.. banyak lagi artwork kt malaysia nih yg sama mcm band2 lain.. skull with wings yg mcm caliban tuh, tulisan stencil, n logo ol skool.. so it’s no big deal anyway.
Nov 26th, 2007
Dude
cover is no big deal…janji xde lambang swastika dah le…
hehehehe…
Nov 27th, 2007
dean
ada lambang smash swastika ok ape ;p
Nov 27th, 2007
paktua
lambang durian! owwhh
Nov 27th, 2007
maiden (BURUH KASAR)
dulu aku penah blajar cikgu kata don’t judge the book by it’s cover….
cover gambar tahi pun kalau material bagus = bagus
cover lawa mcm maya karin tp material tahi = tahi
thank…
Nov 27th, 2007
Nox
I just want to say that before thing gets sillier than it already is, we’ve got to put a stop to this cover thing. I’m not saying that album cover is not important but music is judged by music I’m afraid. So the right thing to do is, if you like what the review said then go and buy the damn thing, it’s simple as that.
Don’t judge a book just by the cover
Unless you cover just another-Sex Pistols
Nov 28th, 2007
mesra
to ejoi:-
ye la mcm disco mafia siot!!!
Nov 29th, 2007
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