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Man look at that. Here we are at volume 999 of Metal Monday already. A President’s Day edition no less. No doubt somewhere Zombie Abe Lincoln, or at least someone with a Zombie Abe Lincoln tattoo is listening to Iron Maiden or something. Anyhow, I’m pressed for time today, so I don’t have anything crazy, but I found this dude from Korea (no idea how your shipping rates will be) selling a bunch of cool death metal stuff.

For one, he has seemingly original picture discs (probably limited to a few thousand) of the first 2 Dismember lps, and the Pieces E.P. Like An Ever Flowing Stream, their first lp, is one of the only instances of a Death Metal band incorporating melody into their sound that I find to be acceptable and listenable. Riffs twist and turn with sombre themes but manage to be humable and catchy beyond reason, while still being able to break into heavy crushing moments, and tuneless mosquito-buzz thrash. The vocal delivery is also surprisingly straight forward, more-so than the Dismember demos (which you should hear if you like death metal). If only their follow-up Indecent and Obscene could have followed up on the greatness and perfection of their first lp (which, honestly, I’ve not really adequately described). Instead it’s one of the more botched recording jobs I’ve ever heard, I’m unable to sit through it at all. I swear it sounds like they only got around to recording scratch guitar tracks, and it’s frustrating because Like An Ever Flowing Stream is actually a fairly brief debut. Sadly though on Indecent and Obscene, all of the melody and crushing power is lost, leaving the guitars sounding almost like a parody of the buzzing Metal Zone (guitar pedal) sound - just a toneless hum. At any rate there’s also a couple really cool looking original Dismember tour shirts (and one newer one). Have a look…