Monday, March 23, 2009

Infectious Hypnosis

I said I would put up some more Counterblast, and I'm happy to finally make good on that. "Impassivity" is the band's second full length, made available by Putrid Filth Conspiracy on double LP. I found a cheap copy of the Malaysian CD version, so what you get tonight is the CD ripped at 320 along with photos of the vinyl graphics. If you don't know by now, Counterblast are a formidable post-G-ANX metal/hardcore band that mix spacious, at times cold, ambiance with crushingly heavy, slow riffs. A few song-lengths on "Impassivity" could easily have been shortened, which is why I favor "Balance Of Pain" (that album just had some tight fuckin' songwriting). But all in all, "Impassivity" has some truly sublime moments of stark beauty and heaviness, not to mention awesome production and enough fast parts to make the G-ANX fans teary-eyed with nostalgia. I hope to post "Balance Of Pain" very soon, but it all depends on whether or not I can make good rips from my LP, or find high quality rips of the CD. The ones floating around soulseek are ripped at 192, so if you have the CD, perhaps you could help out?

This is a massive record in many ways, so I divided it into two parts. Due to its wide availability, I may have to remove the link in a couple of days.

"Impassivity"

Pick up some Counterblast material here:
Active Rebellion
Puke'n Vomit
Halvfabrikat
Power-It-Up
Catchphraze
Crust Punks
No Way Out
Instigate
Adipocere

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Batguano,you're definitely a man that keeps his promises.listening to this as i type and on a first listen it sounds absolutely immense.definitely a record i'll come back to.thank you very,very much.

Batguano said...

Cool, happy to help out! The song lengths take some getting used to, but it's a really nice piece of work!

nickabe57 said...

Holy Eff Balance of Pain is one of my favorite records...ever. The sound is huge, the bass lines on that record, throughout, just nonsense. Absolutely incredible record.

Anonymous said...

please re-up please!