KÜNTSQUÄD – "Satan's Cock" The Melbourne sickos have done it again, and we're all worse off for it. A guttural album review by Mark Jenkins.

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KÜNTSQUÄD – "Satan's Cock"

The Melbourne sickos have done it again, and we're all worse off for it

A guttural album review by Mark Jenkins.

FIVE OUT OF FIVE BLEEDING SKULLS

Holy fucking shit, what did Melbourne put in the water down there? KÜNTSQUÄD just dropped "Satan's Cock" on our unsuspecting heads like a concrete block filled with broken glass and used needles, and honestly? We're here for it.

These absolute degenerates have been terrorising venues across the southern hemisphere for years now, but this latest abomination makes their previous work look like nursery rhymes. Ten tracks of pure audio violence that'll make your grandmother clutch her pearls so hard they turn to dust.


THE SOUND OF SOCIETAL COLLAPSE

Right from maniacal opener Piss And Purge, you know you're in for some serious psychological damage. The production courtesy of Goatsound Studios (shoutout Jason Fuller and Jamie Colic for enabling this madness) is filthier than a truck stop bathroom at 3am. Every guitar tone sounds like it was dragged through a sewer and left to ferment. 

HONESTLY, THIS IS ONE OF THE HEAVIEST EXTREME METAL ALBUMS IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.


The rhythm section has evolved into a multi-headed hydra of destruction. These riffs are tuned so low they're practically communicating with the Earth's core. Genital Dismemberment Bot Cult, Your Mum Sucks Crack in Hell and Zombie Cum (yes, those are real song titles, and yes, your mom would disown you) showcase a band that's figured out how to make crust punk and death metal have violent, beautiful hate-sex.

LYRICAL TERRORISM AT ITS FINEST

Lyrically, these sick bastards are operating on levels of shock and satire that would make GG Allin blush. They're taking a flamethrower to everything sacred – religion gets torched on Fuck Me Jebus, while the metal scene itself gets dissected and served back to us on Psychotropic Lyfe. That first single is pure crack cocaine for anyone who grew up on Discharge and Repulsion.


The thing about KÜNTSQUÄD is they're not just being edgy for edge's sake. There's genuine wit buried under all the blood and bile. They're smart enough to know exactly which buttons to push and skilled enough to do it while your head is getting caved in by their riffs.

GENRE? WHAT FUCKING GENRE?

Trying to categorise this album is like trying to nail jelly to a wall while someone's setting your hair on fire. It's death metal, it's crust, it's grindcore, it's whatever the hell they want it to be in any given moment. The band has officially achieved that rare status where they've transcended genre limitations and entered pure chaos territory.


Plus, it has suitably unhinged Cover art by Rok Art (Sadistik Exekution).

THE DAMAGE REPORT

Look, Satan's Cock isn't going to win any pretenious music award nominations or get radio play outside of some pirate station broadcasting from an abandoned warehouse. But that's exactly the point. This is underground metal at its most uncompromising – music for freaks, by freaks, about being a freak in a world that desperately wants you to conform.

Essential tracks for maximum skull-crushing:

  • Psychotropic Lyfe (the single that'll get you kicked out of family dinners)
  • Genital Dismemberment Bot Cult (exactly as pleasant as it sounds)
  • Eat Your Entrails (meal planning advice from hell)
  • Fuck Me Jebus (Sunday school was never this fun)

KÜNTSQUÄD have birthed something genuinely disturbing and addictive here. It's the soundtrack to civilisation's slow-motion car crash, and we can't look away.


For fans of: Repulsion, Discharge, Prophecy of Doom,  Carcass, Gorguts, Atrocity, Guillotine Terror, Asphyx, Disma and having your faith in humanity systematically destroyed. (p.s. you should listen to all these bands if you haven't already)

Avoid if: You have a functioning moral compass, weak stomach, or any remaining optimism about the human condition

Available now on all platforms that haven't banned them yet.

https://kuntsquad.bandcamp.com/album/satans-cock

See them sacrifice goats and religious folk at:

https://www.facebook.com/kuntsquad666

https://www.instagram.com/kuntsquad_cdmetal/

proudly on:

https://www.facebook.com/WormHoleDeath

working with:

https://www.facebook.com/blackroosentertainment


– Reviewed by Mark Jenkins for Devil's Horns Zine
"Bringing you the music your parents warned you about since 2018 "


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