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NOTES:
>> released in October 2008. CD version
on FETO Records/UK,
FETO 0014, 2000 copies.
>> LP pressing on Deep Six Records,
DeepSix # 94
- still no info available on the number of copies pressed, more editions
planned in the next months (Power It Up, Peculio etc).
>> CD comes in a wonderful packaging
that consists of a foldout poster bent in many parts, including all the
lyrics.
>> LP comes in a full-color gatefold
cover + inner-sleeve
with lyrics printed on both sides.
>> the first 50 copies of the LP had
no print on the record's circle labels and were all hand-drawed and numbered
by Giulio the Bastard, entirely sold throughout 3 CB shows in Italy with
Brutal Truth...
>> recorded and mixed by Fredrik Nordström
and Henrik Udd
at Studio Fredman - Hyssna (Sweden) in March 2008
>> mastered by Peter In De Betou /
Tailor Maid Production
- Spånga (Sweden) in April 2008
CREDITS:
>> artwork by Mario "Majo"
Rossi (Dampyr)
>> design, layout and art direction
by Nicola "SStnz" Fornasari
>> photo by Valeria De Giorgi
>> opening harsh-noise sequence on
"Self zeroing"
by BASTARD NOISE (Wood / Wiese)
ADDITIONAL QUOTES:
The longly awaited 4th full-length album by Italy's most hateful and aggressive
Grindcore unit ever, terrorizing the masses since 1988. 24 tracks of solid
fast Grind/Hatecore with a huge dose of thrash, hyper-varied vocals and
annilhating blastcore bursts. Released by Shane Embury's FETO Records/UK
and recorded in Sweden at Fredman Studios (At the Gates, Opeth, Arch Enemy,
Dimmu Borgir, The Haunted, Driller Killer, Skitsystem + tons more) this
31 minute hammer-in-the-face is a total guarantee of pure CB ultraviolence
backed by a powerful production, with no doubt the best CB ever had. The
absolute album to celebrate 20 years of Cripple Bastards! Here's one of
the first reviews the album got outside of Italy: "for nearly
two decades Italian grindcore merchants Cripple Bastards have been on
the scene. With three full lengths, a double DVD and 30 splits to their
name they are no strangers to anyone vaguely familiar with the underground.
Now Feto Records - the label headed up by Napalm Death’s Shane Embury
and Anaal Nathrakh’s Mick Kenney - is releasing their new album
"Variante Alla Morte". With comparisons to grindcore legends
Napalm Death (pre-"Fear Emptiness Despair"), Agathocles, Phobia
and second wave genre acts like Gadget, Nasum or Regurgitate this Italian
quartet merges the best of the genre’s earlier outfits with its
current modern day purveyors. Combining the genre’s hardcore punk
roots with modern day grindcore "Variante Alla Morte" is a testament
to the strong will of these Italian stalwarts. The punk/hardcore influence
comes mostly from Giulio’s angry streetwise shouts, screams and
barks. True to form the material on this record is short, compact and
relishes in delivering a quick one-two punch to its listeners through
the combination of catchy short and few longer tracks. While sung entirely
in Italian, Cripple Bastards deal with topical socio-critical issues and
not the horror and gore that is associated with the genre these days.
Recorded at the highly regarded Studio Fredman in Hyssna, Sweden with
Frederik Nordström (Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquillity, In Flames) handling
the mix "Variante Alla Morte" comes with the expected high end
production job. The guitars are brick heavy in their crunchiness while
remaining clear, the bass thunders audibly in the back and the drums sound
very well produced. "Variante Alla Morte" is definitely one
of the strongest grindcore albums on the scene today. Be sure to check
it out."