### Cosmoloco: 2008

#### 03/10/08 || Kampfar

I, more so than ever before, fucking hate gore metal, gore grind, whatever. It’s a retarded style invented, performed and listened to by white thrash ready for a game called “Buried alive on a landfill”; which isn’t entirely true, all the time most bands belonging to said genre seem to emerge from South-America. Simple solution, expand the landfill and make room for a shitload of taco smelling degos. But spare Cosmoloco, for the Frenchman known as Mr C. has made a demo so fine, it’s nigh on impossible to wish upon him to have his oxygen deprived.

“Demo 2008” sets my mind to the sublime “Inventory of fixtures”, courtesy of I don’t fucking care to inform you, but French they are, and better. Anyhow, not only do both bands share citizenship, but also this feel of presence and alarm, a great slab of sickness, vocals from hell and a fat, churning buzz able to rumble demons out of their sleep. The band I refuse to tell you the name of is better on all fronts, be it songwriting or playing skills, but fucking “Demo 2008” is Cosmoloco’s first sign of life, so I’m adamant not being too hard on it. I could bash it for its inclusion of hip-hop influences, or the presence of pig-vocals, but I won’t, and that simply because both mentioned are spice and not rice. The spice added with care, in this case.

“Demo 2008” is a vicious, filthy, raw and unrestrained piece of violence, but one with enough structure, creativity and talent to avoid ending up as yet another piece of disposable, and saddening, gore nonsense. Just call Sevared Records and ask them, I’m sure they’ll agree. I’m not exactly tripping, but I honestly look forward to Mr C.‘s first “professional” release, one hopefully not more mature, only a bit more developed and on-point, and also sounding a tad better while first at it.

- Information
- Released: 2008
- Label: no then, yes now
- Website: www.cosmoloco.org
- Band
- C.: Jack of all trades

- Tracklist
- 01. Le point de non-retour
- 02. Underground terrorist
- 03. Tue les tous!
- 04. La grande illusion
- 05. Le project chaos
- 06. Damnés