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    Eleventh Hour

    Distorted Visions of Unreality

    (1996)

    Reviewed by Tom Edmondson

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    Label independentCritical Mass #21997
    grindcore

    Using the deductive reasoning powers I acquired reading Sherlock Holmes stories in the 8th grade I'm deducing that this demo was put together by some High School kids. Now, what clued me off, Watson? First of all, there is the reference to a Christian School in the liner notes. Secondly, the redundant redundant--"Distorted" and "Unreality" in the title; seems a little repetitive, wouldn't you say. Kind of like a High School kid's grammatical ability. Thirdly are the song titles, "What? The Hell?" for instance and "Rigor Mortis Receptacle" (what is a rigor mortis receptacle anyway?). Now, all this is just conjecture. I could be wrong. But this demo comes from a band that sounds like they could be in High School.

    Now, I'm not trying to lambaste these guys. But I hope that they take note of my critique. When we offer something to the world we want it to be good. I do hope these guys will continue to work together and mature as a band. One way of doing this is to cut a demo and let others review it. Finally, there are probably some demo collectors out there that wouldn't mind having this.

    Oh, yeah. This music is described as grind core. That's pretty accurate except that the demo nature of this tape means that it isn't all that grinding. But the production is pretty clear and the vocals are distinguishable which is a plus.

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