Description

2023 release on red vinyl featuring two out of print Eps on one vinyl. Limited 1000 copies

The now out of print Tools Of The Trade EP followed the group’s excellent Necroticism album as yet more product for the group’s hungry fans while the group toured as part of Earache’s infamous Gods Of Grind tour. Very much like Necroticism, the songs on Tools Of The Trade find the group developing their songs beyond mere explosive grindcore blasts to more fleshed-out songs with multiple transitions in tempo. The title track of the EP features both Jeff Walker’s demonic snarls and Bill Steer’s aquatic utterances exchanging barely decipherable lyrics about scalpels and other medical tools. The guitar riffs of this song move along at a quick speed before eventually slowing down to a near halt near the end of the song, when a contemplative mood sets in, establishing a suiting mood for a short guitar solo before the group suddenly concludes the song with a short grindcore blast. The other songs are previously released songs in different mixes. The midtempo riffs found near the latter half of “Hepatic Tissue Fermentation II” allude to the slower, more focused sound the group would move to on their successive album, Heartwork. While not nearly as epic as the full-length Necroticism, Tools Of The Trade’s short length and comparable quality level make it a more digestible alternative to the full-length album. The Heartwork EP features the title track from the album backed up with two exclusive none album track This Is Your Life and Rot N Roll. Anything released from Heartwork is a must have. Heartwork was, and still is, a monument to quality. During that early to mid 90s period in which metal was starting to sink, this was one of the exceptions.

Track list:
1. Tools Of The Trade
2. Incarnated Solvent Abuse
3. Rotten To The Gore
4. Hepatic Tissue Fermentation II
5. Heartwork
6. This Is Your Life
7. Rot N Roll