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About Me

Welcome all brutal heads and those seeking enlightenment regarding slamming sickness...

Slam-Minded is a blog formed by Nick Adams and Andy Phelps to talk about our passion: Brutal Death Metal. The Blog is located here or http://slam-minded.blogspot.com/ if that direct link fails to work (fuck Myspace).
We hope to befriend and network with any and all brutal/slam death bands in order to review their albums and help connect non-fans (and other fans who don't keep up as well) with the ever-expanding brutal death metal scene. We acknowledge excellent developing (and sometimes already developed, yet ever-increasing) scenes in the US, Colombia, Japan, the Philippines, Italy, China, the Czech Republic, Greece, Canada, and probably a ton of other countries we're forgetting!
We support labels like Comatose, Unmatched Brutality, Sevared, Goregiastic, Amputated Vein, Lacerated Enemy, Macabre Mementos, Comatose, Unique Leader, Deathmetal.us, Displeased, United Guttural, Dan's Crypt, Brutal Bands, Grindethic, Neurotic, Pathologically Explicit, Bizarre Leprous, and all the rest. The underground scene will stay alive forever, we feel, and it is at possibly its healthiest point right now. We are proud to support it at its prime.
We often look specifically at the "deeper" aspects of slamming brutal bands, including how they structure breakdowns, their sense of melody and progression (if applicable, though we realize it often is not), and the way the mix complements the general sound of the album/band. However, we're also not against bands who mindlessly (and that much more brutally) bludgeon listeners' ears with their straightforward stomp'n'slam groove.
Our job is to spread information like a disease. Join us in making the world a more brutal place.
You can contact us via Myspace or via our separate e-mail addresses listed on the blog. Thanks for visiting!SHIT WE SUPPORT...ADD TO YOUR PAGE NOW!
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My Interests

Guttural vocals, slam breakdowns, groove, pinch harmonics, insane bass drops, blasting drumming...all components of brutal death, as well as all of the progressive, epic and semi-melodic influences some bands utilize in addition to these core concepts.Overall, we are interested in spreading the slamming sickness wherever it has not yet reached.

I'd like to meet:

ALL brutal death metal bands from ALL international underground scenes!!
Please get in touch if you want coverage in the blog in the form of a review or simply a discussion; we will do both for no charge whatsoever!

Music:

Abominable Putridity, Abysmal Torment, Amputated Genitals, Ancient Necropsy, Aversion To Life, Beheaded, Bizarre Embalming, Bound And Gagged, Brodequin, Carnivore Diprosopus, Cenotaph (Tur), Cephalotripsy, Decaying Form, Defeated Sanity, Devourment, Disconformity, Disgorge (Mex), Disgorge (US), Dripping, Fermento, Gored (US), Goretrade, Gorgasm, Grotesque Formation, Guttural Secrete, Hour Of Penance, Human Rejection, Hyonblud, Infernal Revulsion, Ingurgitate, Ingurgitating Oblivion, Inherit Disease, Internal Suffering, Inveracity, Jasad, Leukorrhea, Malignancy, Necrotic Disgorgement, Odious Mortem, Ouroboros (Fra), Poppy Seed Grinder, Prostitute Disfigurement, Putrefukation, Putridity (Ita), Pyaemia, Resection, Saprogenic, Sarcolytic, Septycal Gorge, Severe Torture, Soils Of Fate, Stabwound, Suffereign, Suppuration, Vomit Remnants, Vulvectomy, Wormed, Woundeep...at least 100 more probably...

My Blog

Decaying Purity - Phases Of Dimensional Torture - 2008 - Grotesque Productions

After having heard these guys on their Myspace, I knew this would be one of the best albums of 2008 in brutal death metal.  Drawing heavy stylistic influences from newer Inveracity, some mid-peri...
Posted by Slam-Minded is back with a vengeance... on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:48:00 PST

Banishment Available For Preorder

As the title states Banishment is now available for preorder from Lacerated Enemy. Banishment are from LA and really exemplify the Californian feel of technicality and atmosphere that makes bands like...
Posted by Slam-Minded is back with a vengeance... on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:46:00 PST

MDF Review: Defeated Sanity

Sorry about the delay in posting. I've just started work and Andy recently visited his girlfriend (eww gay!) in Maine so we haven't had much of a chance to post. To help correct the problem though I'l...
Posted by Slam-Minded is back with a vengeance... on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:44:00 PST

Meathook - Infernal Torture - 2008 - Sevared Records

This is a release I was really looking forward to picking up from Barrett because the song on their Myspace sounded a lot like Goretrade, which is one of my all time favorite bands. Upon listening to ...
Posted by Slam-Minded is back with a vengeance... on Fri, 30 May 2008 07:53:00 PST

Sufferatory - Pseudophilosophic MCD - 2008 - Sevared/Butchered Records

Starting off with a great sample setting the mood of obscure philosophy and esotericism, this monstrous EP blasts off with chunky riffs and pounding drums, eventually leading into a thrashy riff with ...
Posted by Slam-Minded is back with a vengeance... on Thu, 29 May 2008 10:30:00 PST

Interview with Gee of Human Mastication

Human Mastication is one of the big upcoming bands from the Philippines, and we're glad to have them on board for a lighthearted yet genuine interview!How has the Filipino fanbase responded to the sud...
Posted by Slam-Minded is back with a vengeance... on Thu, 29 May 2008 08:45:00 PST

Various News Items

MDF was great for us investigative journalists. We got to talk to the actual people behind the bands and labels. Here's what we found out.New Amputated Genitals album coming out in September (YES!). W...
Posted by Slam-Minded is back with a vengeance... on Wed, 28 May 2008 08:57:00 PST

Consumed (one-man TXDM) Demo Review

This dude contacted us out of the blue for a review, so I checked his Myspace and was pretty impressed at the quality for a one-man project!  He sent me his newest demo, including three tracks in...
Posted by Slam-Minded is back with a vengeance... on Wed, 21 May 2008 07:21:00 PST

Sevared Open Wounds Comp 2008 Pt. 2

Sanatorium - In Capture Of Necrophile Visions: Sanatorium is a new signing for Barrett, and a pretty good choice at that.  They feature very nice guttural vocals and a tight slam in this song, si...
Posted by Slam-Minded is back with a vengeance... on Mon, 19 May 2008 07:39:00 PST

Sevared Open Wounds Comp 2008 Pt. 1

The Open Wounds Comp 2008 is a limited edition compilation released by Sevared Records showcasing a bunch of past, present and future members of Sevared's roster. Andy and I will be reviewing this tog...
Posted by Slam-Minded is back with a vengeance... on Mon, 19 May 2008 07:38:00 PST