Total Fucking Destruction/Skat Injector- Ubi Nihil Vales, Ibi Nihil Velis

Here we have a split of between Total Fucking Destruction and Skat Injector. I'm sure most of you are familiar with Total Fucking Destruction. For those out of the loop they have been together for quite awhile and have released a few albums and a slew of splits since their formation. Skat Injector is a self proclaimed "electro splatter gore" band from London. They are fronted by a  masked transvestite and have a had their fair share of releases and splits as well. Though the pairing of bands here may seem a bit odd this split is pretty enjoyable.

Total Fucking Destruction's side of the split is completely made up of live material. There are four previously released tracks on their side and they are "Human Is the Bastard", "Monsterearth Megawar", "Wounded Unit", and "Youth Apocalypse Right Now". The fact that there is no new material is a slight disappointment. With that being said the recordings here will make you want to go out and see Total Fucking Destruction live as soon as possible. The sound quality on the live recording is excellent aside from the vocals being a little low in the mix.

Now for Skat Injector, this cybergrind trio is actually more appealing than the others I've encounter since getting into grind. Still nothing overwhelmingly good but it has it's moments, but when compared to my previous introductions to the genre this plays out like Citizen Kane. Skat Injector's side has two tracks and comes out about equal in length to TFD. The first song "Anal Suicide" is an insanely catchy tune. The sickening shrieks of Zara Skumshot fit the music well and the lows on the first track add a solid variety. The electronic elements in both tracks are reminiscent of a soundtrack of some terrible 80's horror flick (which oddly enough isn't a bad thing by any means). Luckily, rather than just coming across as random noise like most of the other bands that fall into this category, Skat Injector actually has a fairly unique sound going on and it is worth a listen.

Overall this split is worth a look for those in search of good electronic influenced grind. Fans of Total Fucking Destruction won't find anything new here but the diehard fans may want to give it a look. As soon as I was told Skat Injector played a "cybergrind" of sorts I wasn't looking forward to hearing this at all but I sucked it up and listened and enjoyed it quite a bit. That should say something I suppose. This is worth at least one listen and has convinced me I need to give some of Skat Injector's other material a look.