Grindcore Ninja Commando Team

It's strange but im currently in the middle of one of those wierd mood swings that take me now and again where one band is just totally eating up all my ear-time. Tunnel hearing has set in and i find myself devouring said bands discography in the single minded pursuit of satiating my need, nothing can draw attention away. Before you know it your two weeks older, and your ears are calloused from enduring the same tracks for 100th time. At the moment its the demented future-grind of Discordance Axis at the center of this current aural binge.

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