My introduction to the self-styled Grindcore Ninja Commando Team came posthumously via their third album The Inalienable Dreamless and i felt compelled to immediatly snap up their back catalogue; however, while that album has remained in my regular playlist their earlier material has mostly sat forgotten on the shelf and in the nether regions of my hard-disk collecting cyber-dust. Partly because the Inalienable Dreamless is such a joyous mindfuck of an album and one of my all time grind loves that the rest barely has a look-in, but since im in the middle of one of my funny turns i have been in grind heaven.
I had forgotten how awesome DA were prior to their swansong, i have literally listened to everything back to back on repeat for longer than i can recall even the ear bleeding rehersal tracks are bringing the grind horn. Whilst the uber-grind of Dreamless and Jouhou are usually my favoured DA tipple, the ultra raw Napalm Death (circa Scum/Feto) esque noisecore/grind/powerviolence material of their early releases is absolutely ripping.
Whilst The Inalienable Dreamless is probably the best introduction to this seminal outfit as it represents the culmination of DA's fevered vision, i strongly recommend you snag yourself a copy of the Original Sound Version 2.0 compilation which is available via Hydrahead. A buttload of tracks documenting the devolpment of their sound prior to the bands second album Jouhou, It also has one of the best booklets ever featuring fantastic self-effacing notes from vocalist John Chang on the production, lyrics, recording and genesis of each song featured. A humble yet indulgent release from Hydrahead that shines like a true labour of love, so if you want to be spoiled rotten and beaten to a pulp at the same time you know what to do.
Cant freakin wait for Gridlink now June 20th!
http://www.studio-grey.com/da/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discordance_Axis
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=2803
http://www.myspace.com/gridlink
