Houten Deathfest - Sinister, Sanatorium, Begging For Incest a.o.
With its third edition, Houten Deathfest is already becoming a renowned and stable event in the death metal scene. This time, the line-up was expanded and even more underground than the last edition, and so Sledgehammer Messiah and I went to the Chipolata for some slamming brutality! Unfortunately we missed the first band of today, Cote d’Aver, so our first act was Putrid Inbred from Belgium. For me personally a perfect start, because this unknown act to me already played some quality brutal death metal. Funny was that both vocalists had a very soft voice while they made comments between the songs, but their grunts were alright. Despite the early moment and the good weather that tempted a lot of people outside, there were still enough kids to do some moshing on the dance floor. Promising! (Mindsaver)

Witnessing Provocation after this brutal start was a little less entertaining. The band remained brutal, but the sound was not as good as with the acts before. Their material also wasn’t outstanding, certainly not compared to the other bands. I also remember them as the band that played the most covers, which is of course fun, but shouldn’t you fill your short set with your own tracks only? Don’t get me wrong here, the band did fine but they weren’t outstanding and thus not a band to remember. A bit average. (Mindsaver)

With Corpsefucking Art from Italy it was time for a more experienced and older band. The number one thing that struck me was their awful guitars. Now, I do not criticize these things normally, but when both guitar players are playing a headless guitar with a body which was the size of my penis I do make an exception. It just looked extremely funny and far from brutal. Well, apart from that Corpsefucking Art did a fairly good job and it was cool to see these brutal death metal acquaintances once, but after Begging for Incest this just missed a real massive impact. (Sledgehammer Messiah)


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