2007

WHEN WE MET DIRT SPAWN DISEASE THROUGH MYSPACE.COM AND SAW THEY WERE FROM ATHENS, GREECE, WE THOUGHT "WE NEVER HEARD A BAND FROM GREECE BEFORE. WE NEED TO CHECK THESE GUYS OUT." FIRST OFF, SHORTLY AFTER FEW MESSAGES BACK AND FORTH, DSD SUGGESTED SENDING US THEIR FIRST PROJECT, "A 9-TRACK CERVICAL MONUMENT OF RAW TALENT." WE LISTENED TO THE CD, A FEW TIMES, BEFORE WE COULD GET A FEEL OF WHAT TO WRITE.

1: "EXUDE THROUGH THE 6TH MONTH OF EXISTENCE" - A RECORDING OF SOME-SORT MENTIONING LOVE TO WHOMEVER IT IS FOR. IT COULD HAVE "A MEANING BEYOND MEANING" SENSE OF IMAGERY. THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO LET FANS GET SUCKED IN.

2: "MATERIALIZED MESSIAH" - THE START OFF ON THIS TRACK IS MIND BLOWING. THE GUITAR RIFFS AND DRUM BLASTING THEN COMES A GROWL TO A HIGH SCREECH FROM THE LEAD PORTRAYER. SECONDS LATER, A SMOOTH SENSATION WHILE IN THE BACKGROUND, THERE'S A SHADOW SPEAKING RIGHT ALONG IN A DEEP GLAZE OF LOW TENSION. THE REST IS PHENOMENAL AND PROOF OF THIS DRIVEN BAND FROM ATHENS GREECE.

3 "WON'T LET YOU TRY" - THE TITLE OF THIS TRACK SAYS IT ALL. IN OUR VIEW, THIS SONG CAN MEAN FROM POSSESSION, OBSESSION, MENTAL STABILITY TO A PAST MEMORY.

4 "BURNING PHOTOGRAPHY" - A SLOWER PACE SONG THAN THE PREVIOUS TRACKS BUT STILL HAS THAT DETERMINATION FROM DIRT SPAWN DISEASE. BY LISTENING CLOSELY TO THIS SONG, WE CAN ONLY SAY THAT ITS ABOUT A EX-GIRLFRIEND THAT ONE OF THE MEMBERS EXPERIENCED OR A LOVED ONE THAT DIED.

5 "PETAL" - A SILENCED DULL TONE OF "GHOSTS AND GHOULS" GETTING UNDER THE SKIN WHILE HEARING A FLATLINE TOWARD THE END.

6 "EVOLVE EYE EVOKE" - THIS TRACK IS THE HARDEST ONE TO CONCLUDE. ITS HARD TO PUT OUR FINGER ON BUT THE ONLY WAY WE CAN SHOW THIS ONE IS BY SAYING: "JUDGMENT LEADS TO NOWHERE WHERE-AS ONE SHOULD ALLOW EVERYONE."

7 "FILTERED" - SOMETHING THAT WASN'T MEANT TO BE IN THE LONG RUN.

8 "IN FLESH AND BLOOD" - A WAY OF INTERPRETATION SHOWING "OVER-OBSESSIVE" RELIGION HAS BECOME IN THE STATE OF THE WORLD NOWADAYS ALTHOUGH, WE KNOW SOMEONE NEEDS TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING OR SOMEONE OF THEIR OWN NATURE OR THE DEAD BUT TAKING IT TOO FAR IS ONE THING WE CAN NOT UNDERSTAND WHY OR HOW COULD THEY.

9 "YOUR OWN FILTH ROSE" - EVERYONE HAS A THORN IN THEIR SIDE.

RATING: 9.5 OUT OF 10