Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses

Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses

Track Listings

1. P.S.P.I.

2. Birth of Ignorance

3. Stench of Profit

4. Ill-Neglect

5. Denial of Existence

6. Regression-Progression

7. Collateral Damage

8. Time

9. Walking Corpse

10. Monetary Gain

11. Wilt

12. H.O.P.E.

13. Blockhead

14. Anti Homophobe

15. Unjust Compromise

16. Perpetual Conversion [*]

17. Lord of the World [*]

18. Bed Sheet [*]

Tracks:

P.S.P.I.
Birth of Ignorance
Stench of Profit
Ill-Neglect
Denial of Existence
Regression-Progression
Collateral Damage
Time
Walking Corpse
Monetary Gain
Wilt
H.O.P.E.
Blockhead
Anti-Homophobe
Unjust Compromise
Perpetual Conversion [*]
Lord of the World [*]
Bed Sheet [*]

Customer Reviews:

A relic from an age when grindcore was actually intelligent.......2006-01-11

Back when grindcore started it was associated with left-wing politics, especially anarchism and (libertarian) socialism. The comments by the d*ckhead below about the song 'Anti-Homophobe' show just how far the grindcore scene has 'progressed'. Now we have totally rubbish bands like Pig Destroyer producing meaningless rubbish, and people think that is grindcore. Real grindcore - at least the grindcore I'd be proud to associate myself with - is Napalm Death, Nausea, Terrorizer, Nasum, and Brutal Truth. As Barney says, the message is in the title of DK's 'Nazi Punks F**k Off', and as Kevin Sharpe said, 'f**k 'em if they laugh'.

DD \m/

Regression-Progression.......2005-08-07

Not every band lives up to its name. Extreme was anything but extreme. Danger Danger was quite safe. Brutal Truth lives up to its name in every way possible. This album is brutal as all hell, and some of the messages it contains are so true it hurts.

Put together by former Anthrax/SOD/Nuclear Assault/insert-huge-list-of-bands-here bassist Dan Lilker and mental hospital outpatient and sometimes journalist Kevin Sharpe, most people thought the band a bit of a gimmick to start with, banking on Lilker's previous experience. No one expected anything quite so deeply rooted in Grindcore. Drummer Scott Lewis had formerly played for the legendary Winter, the enigmatic late 80s Doom band which played at a glacial pace, so he wasn't expected to keep up the pace for a Grindcore band. However, Lilker and Sharpe had been studying Japanese Hardcore in some detail, while Sharpe had a liking for power tools. The combination proved deadly. Y'see, Japanese Hardcore isn't like your every day garden variety Hardcore. It's not all about burly, sweaty bald men covered in tattoos yelling about unity and vegetarianism. Japanese Hardcore is utterly insane, played so fast, as Sharpe once put it, you need to hold your nuts in a sling. Sounds painful... As for the power tools, Sharpe liked attacking pieces of metal with angle grinders and hammers and recording the resulting racket.

There's a definite Metal vibe right from the start of "Birth Of Ignorance", with the guitar tone, Kevin Sharpe's growl, the double kick drum rumble, and then the blast beats. This could be put down to Colin Richardson's production. After all, he's the man who brought out the metal in Goregrind sickos Carcass and even crusty Punks The Exploited. However, this is Grindcore, not Metal. Sharpe pulls out the screaming demon vocals to go with the death grunt, and there's no time for any superfluous solos or leads or drum fills.

Second song "Stench Of Prophet" is where things really get grinding. Scott Lewis out-blasts the rest of the band with consummate ease. Dan Lilker's dirty distorted bass makes its presence well and truly known, grumbling so low it upsets seismographs. The riffing is sharp and simple. The overall effect is very clear and intense sounding, at a time when many Grindcore outfits were drowned in distortion and fuzz.

A few tracks stand out above the others. Clocking in at around a minute and a half long, "Walking Corpse" is a song built around three incredible bursts of hyper-blastbeat energy. Rather than being a literal tale of zombies and the walking dead, Sharpe rails against the repetitive pointlessness of the nine-to-five existence. It also includes a memorable sample intro of a distressed voice saying "I hope you make sure we're properly dead before you start..." "Wilt" is another blast-abusing song, which also has a memorable intro, this time Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan: "Do you believe in God?" "I believe in myself." It aims at evangelical religion, an easy but always worthwhile target. It starts with a slow, menacing riff, which pops up between the blasts throughout the song. "Anti-Homophobe" was originally misinterpreted by a number of fans as an anti-homosexuality song. It's as much anti-prejudice as it is pro-gay, but it's all aggression.

There's also a small matter of a world record included on this album, all 2.18 seconds of it. "Collateral Damage" is a musical marathon alongside Napalm Death's 0.75 second "You Suffer", but it holds the record for the world's shortest music video. You could watch it 82 times in the space of the average three minute music video.

This isn't an album where the listener can get bored easily. So much flies past so quickly your subconscious attention shifts from one idea to the next, hoping you can keep up. The political lyrics and the powerful imagery of the cover are highly thought provoking, and a little easier to comprehend than the music. It is also reasonably easy for the average Metal fan to stomach. Alongside Carcass' `Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious', `Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses' helped set a new standard for Grindcore, paving the way for outfits like Discordance Axis and Nasum. Grindcore need not be slipshod and amateurish, it could be tight and clear, and Metal fans could listen to it without feeling alienated.

Something good, in a genre full of garbage.......2005-02-06

I will start off, by saying grindcore isn't a favorite genre of mine. Sure does it have a handful of good bands? Yes the majority however is repetitive and somewhat boring. This was my first Brutal Truth cd and still one of my favorites of theirs.I think its refreshing to see a band like this have songs like "anti homophobe" because when that song starts do you really think they will be discussing showing homosexual men and women the same respect you show others? Hell no, the drums in that song are insane and the riffs just kick your ass. An them being anti homophobic doesn't make them gay just means they have morals. My favorite song on this cd would probably by "birth of ignorance" it starts out sorda slow and gets a little faster every second before it fully kicks in at about 50 seconds into it. I do however enjoy grindcore more then death metal (lets face it vocal wise they have alot in common) because alot of grindcore bands don't rely on the stupid shock value of bands like Deicide and Cannibal Corpse along with many many others in death metal. So even if you aren't a fan of the genre, trust me you WILL enjoy this band and this album.

this cd has lyrics?.......2005-01-08

i love brutal truth & extreme conditions is my favorite of the four i own.i knew the songs had lyrics of course but never had to read them to enjoy them.i guess you would have to read them to know what he's saying most the time but who cares? this is as intense as it gets w/out getting flat out riddiculous & further more a must have for all you boy george fans. i'm an anti homophobe ,i have a gay uncle.i love gay people ,especialy lesbians......oh sorry this a cd review .....BUY IT IT JAMS!!!!!!

thoughtful grindcore.......2004-06-14

I'm not really a fan of Brutal Truth's brand of grindcore, with low-tuned guitars and constant blast beats, but there is a certain intelligence to it. And contrary to what some brainless bigot wrote in a review below, I think it took a lot of guts for a metal band to write a song like "Anti-Homophobe." In a genre so full of meaningless macho posturing, thoughtful lyrics like this are pretty refreshing. I agree completely with what the lyrics say: "I may not be gay/But I don't care if you are/Live your life in peace/(...) if they laugh." In general, Brutal Truth represent everything that can be so good about metal-- rage against the injustices and stupidity in the world. I wish I liked their music a little more, but they definitely have my respect.

Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses

Average customer rating:

classic grind from one of the innovators, Brutal Truth

Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses
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ASIN: B00000E727
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Tracks:

P.S.P.I.
Birth of Ignorance
Stench of Profit
Ill-Neglect
Denial of Existence
Regression-Progression
Collateral Damage
Time
Walking Corpse
Monetary Gain
Wilt
H.O.P.E.
Blockhead
Anti-Homophobe
Unjust Compromise
Perpetual Conversion [*]
Lord of the World [*]
Bed Sheet [*]

Customer Reviews:

classic grind from one of the innovators, Brutal Truth.......2004-12-23

i'll keep it brief: Brutal Truth was an American grindcore band from New York that blistered many a ripping set and album during the 1990s, and this excellent 1992 debut full-length (they would expand upon and perfect their releases as the years went on), "Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses," stands as an indicative record of the group's memorable sound, displaying talented musicianship (recall that they even "boasted" of Danny "i'm perpetually stoned and was/am in Anthrax, M.O.D., Nuclear Assault and The Ravenous" Lilker in their line-up), socio-politically conscious lyrics, and enough of a varied balance between all-out blast-grind, talented tempo changes and grooving stoner rock riffs to keep the listenener interested.

Brutal Truth are among the big boys of interesting grindcore (as opposed to sometimes-monotonous deathgrind) alongside legends Assuck, Pig Destroyer, Burnt By the Sun (some call their newer material "hardcore," but you get my point), pioneers Siege and Repulsion, and newer upstart heavyweights like Nasum, Watchmaker and Gadget. there are few Brutal Truth releases you can go wrong with, though i tip my personal hat in favor of the great (albeit admittedly polished) "Need to Control."

Average customer rating:

GRIND+SLUDGE+BRUTAL TRUTH=PERFECTION!!
I NEED TO BREATHE!!!!!!!!
A EARLY GRINDCORE CLASSIC.
Mind blowingly brutal and
Look No Further For the Fastest Rock Music Around

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Need to Control

ASIN: B000005839
Release Date: 1992-01-01

Tracks:

P.S.P.I.
BIRTH OF IGNORANCE
STENCH OF PROFIT
ILL-NEGLECT
DENIAL OF EXISTENCE
REGRESSION-PROGRESSION
COLLATERAL DAMAGE
TIME
WALKING CORPSE
MONETARY GAIN
WILT
H.O.P.E.
BLOCKHEAD
ANTI HOMOPHOBE
UNJUST COMPROMISE
PERPETUAL CONVERSION
LORD OF THIS WORLD
BED SHEET

Customer Reviews:

GRIND+SLUDGE+BRUTAL TRUTH=PERFECTION!!.......2006-01-04

A great combo of BEYOND FAST grind and SLUDGE!!

You may not know but this is one of the best of the 90's, in the whole underground movement!! A TOTAL CLASICK TO ME!!

The riff's on this thing are LETHAL and Lilker of course muder's ya with that BULLDOZER BOWEL BASS TONE!!!

And the druming of Scott Lewis is competeing with a nasa space launch, but he is much FASTER!!!! another example of how EXTREME METAL druming is done!!

There is some ''left wing'' crap on here, but man I dont even give a FUKK, they killed that later on any way!!!

ONE OF THE BEST EVER..DONT OWN IT?? POSER!!!!!!!!!!!!

I NEED TO BREATHE!!!!!!!!.......2004-10-12

My air supply was almost cut when i heard this first Brutal Truth album , wow!!!!!, i dont know but im almost sure that vocalist Kevin Sharp lost his voice for a few weeks after recording this album and i think that drummer surelly suffered injuries on his arms or maybe one arm were broken because he played so fast, impossible a band could play with that ammount of adrenaline without end alomst dying with such discharge of energy , just to listen this tracks you end totally tired , so just imagine to play this music , great album , amazing grindcore.
HM

A EARLY GRINDCORE CLASSIC........2004-01-27

I consider this album one of the best death/grind releases of all time.The guitar work is extremely heavy and the drumming is almost unmatched by any other band.The vocals are good and the lyrics are in the same vein of napalm death.This band kicks ass and I would recommend anyone into death/grind to pick this one up because it is a classic.

Mind blowingly brutal and.......2003-06-10

an aware political lyric sheet to go along with it! On my 26th birthday, I went to Vancouver BC to see them open for Cannable Corpse, and *POW* what a shock to the eardrums! Hard-core guitars, fast as lightning drums, brilliant non-corpse eating lyrics make this a MUST for any thinking, intelligent rocker/ette out there. Get it, and only your neighbors will regret it. 'Nuff Said.

Look No Further For the Fastest Rock Music Around.......2002-06-29

If the reader knows of any band that can surpass the drumming speeds on this album, please inform me (e-mail address below). Admittedly nowadays there are probably plenty of bands that can match it (CRYPTOPSY spring to mind), but that's with ten years' benefit of hindsight. And it must be added that the songwriting on this album is much better and more dynamic than most grindcore acts aspire to. Unquestionably one of the most remarkable extreme metal albums of all time, as well as BRUTAL TRUTH's finest. I can't believe people still think that the likes of SLIPKNOT are heavy when they could be having this instead.

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