Fukpig – Spewings from a Selfish Nation (2009) [Feto] // Grade: A+

With band members from Anaal Nathrakh, Frost and Exploder, Fukpig is a melee of metal genres. Formed in 2001 and dismembered in 2004, the band barely had time to perfect their sound. After reuniting in 2008 to record Spewings from a Selfish Nation, it’s easy to say they’re back in full force.

This album is 30 minutes of intensity. At moments it’s as crusty as Tragedy, bloody as Anaal Nathrakh and black as Frost; it’s suffering from paranoid schizophrenia! Drunk, Misery and Migg lead the three man battalion and that’s exactly what you can expect. A miserable drunk shooting miggs at the crowd. It all happens so quick that there’s no sheilding yourself from the onslaught.

I can’t even begin to review the tracks individually because I don’t think the album is best reviewed on an individual track basis. If you listen to the album, it’s just one 30-minute long clusterfuck of blood-spewing vocals, distortion and drumlines. Usually that’s a bad thing, but not here. It’s addictive. In fact, I think i’ve listened to the album over 30 times this week.

“Inertia” is in fact, the only song on the limited-print CD (only 100 copies were made) that breaches the 3-minute mark. At a blistering 6 minutes in length, the track is split into 2 segments, both laced with doomish crustiness. Slow and heavy. Top it all off with a 10-second howl and fiendish growls and “Inertia” shows you the vast knowledge of Metallurgy the band embodies. The last 20 seconds give me goose bumps.

God dammit guys, don’t go anywhere. I want more! Spewings from a Selfish Nation may be one of the best metal albums of 2009.

- Prolly