Saturday, March 21, 2009

A Wealth Of Ignorance

Mange's releases will make you re-assess what you used to consider "heavy." Oozing from the tar pits of SoCal, Mange lumbered like a zombie brontosaurus carcass on its own version of a feeding frenzy. This Phobia side project didn't drop too many releases in their long history; the first line-up put out the "Junkie" demo tape (1997) posted here, and the "Disillusioned" CD which I recommend you purchase here. Certain members of Dystopia and Anubis Rising joined up, and another demo was released way later (2005); you can listen to those tracks here. The "Junkie" demo doesn't have any exclusive tracks or anything, but below you can enjoy the authentic demo tape experience, complete with inconsistent volumes and lovely tape hiss. I enjoy it as the precursor to one of the heaviest records I've ever heard.

Junkie

8 comments:

Wooderson said...

Thank you for this! I've never heard of them but I was a huge Anubis Rising fan back in the Mp3.com days and Dystopia is always good!

Anonymous said...

Tearin it up dude I love this shit. Lo Res even backed you up on it. Thanx a metric ton.

Anonymous said...

your post of the demo motivated me to check "disillusioned" too.heavy stuff indeed!and i love the juxtaposition of fast and slow parts.thanks as always.

Zmaj said...

Thanks a shitload, man!

Batguano said...

Always a pleasure gents! This is one rough demo, but it only makes them sound more badass!

Chairmaker said...

I agree with everyone thatthis is great. Thankee.

Anonymous said...

Please re-up this

BB90 said...

can you re-up this? the link is dead.