Pungent Stench
Thursday 9th January, 2003.
Amplifier Bar, Perth.
Review by Junak
A promising start to the night with people galore already starting
to pack into the Amplifier Bar early on in the night, even tales
of the little kiddies getting knocked back by the Amplifier staff.
Everybody was ready for those perverted Austrian guys PUNGENT
STENCH, almost 10 years after their last visit to Perth.
MAXIMUM PERVERSION
There could be no better support to Pungent
Stench than our own local gore boys, Maxi P. The room was packed
with people keen on seeing our local boys show em how its done.
Things started to shape up as a fun night as Maximum Perversion
come out wearing assorted costumes, including some arabian flavour,
perhaps celebrating the opening of the kebab shop next to the
Amplifier.
These guys aren't all costumes and fun, they certainly know how to
grind, smashing the packed room with furious riffs, gore obssessed
lyrics and pounding beats. They really performed well and why not
in front of a big home crowd. A great show not only behind their
instruments but also fun on stage as well. I commend Maximum
Perversion for their excellent opening act and really showed the
Perth metal heads what damage the local boys can do.
BLACK STEEL
I don't think many people managed to digest the
Black Steel support for this gig very well, power metal not
fitting in well into this scenario? Who knows, but they managed to
half the size of the room Maximum Perversion had without any
problems. Never the less, the metal flows on..
Clad with leather chaps Black Steel take the stage with their
usual melodic battle like intro and begin to proceed with their
battlefield duties. These boys are a very talented band and it's
great to see such talent in our local scene, they proceeded by
busting out the classics and a fantastic new song as well. A good
show by the boys, and the idea of mixing up genres at the gig not
a bad one, albeit half the crowd disagreeing.
After Black Steel's show the wait was now on for PUNGENT STENCH to
arrive on stage..
PUNGENT STENCH
Here they come busting onto the stage, and who
would have thought their image matched the name of their band,
those crazy Austrians jump onto stage wearing some kind of see
through jocks. Looking around you could definatly see all the
ladies having a gander. So let the fun begin...
The 3 piece start to play out their classic death style that we
all love, all the drunk people making their way to the front of
the stage to begin the carnage. Playing their old and new songs
all night, we heard some classics such as Shrunken and Mummified
Bitch to the newer stuff like Schools Out Forever. Pungent Stench
also suprising and pleasing the crowds with a couple loved cover
songs.
Alright almost an hour is gone and Pungent leave the stage for the
first time, we all know they are gonna come back right, yeah of
course...claiming they are going to play 2 maybe 3 songs. Nope,
they continuted to entertain the wild crowd for another 30-40 mins,
coming back onto stage with their own version of "La Bamba"
!? A strange selection I must say, but pleasing to hear never the
less. After stuffing up their exit a couple times it finally came
time to say goodbye, and after the first couple fizzles they went
out with a bang, with an entertaining closure of crazy on stage
antics, jumping over each other and what not. I didn't know when
to start and stop clapping it felt like it went forever!
Great show by Pungent Stench, very entertaining, and its good to
see an international visit out shores, for not once but a 2nd
time.
PRIMAL AGONY WEB-ZINE
REVIEW
MAXIMUM PERVERSION -
"REPUGNANT PERTURBATION EXCURSION" (KEN MUSIC)
Perth's Maximum Perversion are described as grind metal
which is more in line with older Napalm Death grind style but I
would also tag them with good old fashioned Death Metal.
Lyrically they tackle your sick and twisted topics like terminal
constipation, excised genitals, flashers and people who lick the
floor of public toilets. All gross subjects that are delivered
through a three pronged vocal attack that is very effective and
adds to the dynamics of the band.
Opening with the title track they instantly show their intentions
with a burst of drums and settle into some riffy Death Metal. The
funny titled "John Bobbit (She Chopped It)" reeks with
Death Metal groove as does "Bill Bass' Body Shop" which
almost has a sing-along chorus and could be extreme metals answer
to stadium rock, very catchy indeed.
The thing about this album is it's no matter if they are blasting
away at top speed on tracks like "F.D.S.", providing
some hell good Death/Thrash riffs, just check out "Heaven's
Gate" or creating slower deathy moments (although not many)
it all sounds of the highest standards.
They don't muck around getting through the songs
either with a running time of 21 minutes over nine songs. While
the songs may be short in that space they deliver maximum metal to
your senses and pound them hard leaving you wanting more.
Another Aussie album well worth adding to your list of must get
albums.
Ian Busch
EXTREME NOISE MAGAZINE REVIEW
MAXIMUM PERVERSION
‘Repugnant Perturbation Excursion’ KEN MUSIC
Sometime this year, four depraved youngsters gathered in the
foulest public toilet Perth had to offer. There they collectively
dropped their trousers and excreted 21 minutes of pure grinding
noise onto wax. ‘Repugnant Perturbation Excursion’ was born.
When I say excreted, I mean it in the nicest possible way, because
this album is far from a pile of shit. In fact, it’s pretty damn
good. Maximum Perversion have no room for frills and deliver short
sharp bursts of concentrated noise that would have made the likes
of Napalm Death (circa 1987) proud. And like so many of their
gore/grind compatriots, sick humor
and wry social commentary lies barely disguised beneath the
violence and pain. ‘Caramel Corpse’ places a brand new twist
on death by injecting confectionary into grind’s traditional
fascination with rotting corpses, while the perverted quartet give
an obligatory nod to white trash’s most infamous couple with
‘John Bobbit (She Chopped It)’. Its official kids perversion
is fun. Mark Hebblewhite
FULL STRENGTH WEB-ZINE REVIEW:
MAXIMUM PERVERSION
Repugnant Perturbation Excursion /Ken Music
Maximum Perversion certainly live up to their name! The Western
Australian grindcore/death metal bands 'Repugnant Perturbation
Excursion' album is full of excellent quality music and
disgusting, vile yet humorous lyrics. Grindcore fans are sure to
like this album or even metal fans who are just after a laugh!.
There is no question that the band is tight and the musicianship
is of a high standard and the production is also quite good too,
so what are the cons of the album? Well, you could see this album
in 2 different lights. #1: a hilariously disgusting and perverted
metal album or #2: Is of a good quality musically but immature
lyrically, like something a pre-pubescent boy would write. Some
songs do stand out from the rest, including 'Bill Bass' Body
Shop', 'Heaven's Gate' and 'F.D.S'. As i said its a tough album to
judge, so its best you make your own decision. Check out the band
on the web at www.groovedrop.com/maxperv
Review by Ronnie Kerswell from TERRORIZER
MAGAZINE (UK)
Issue #94 Nov 2001
MAXIMUM PERVERSION -
'Repugnant Perturbation Excursion' / 'KEN MUSIC'
Straight from the underworld of Oz, 'Repugnant Perturbation
Excursion' is a similar experience to putting your knzckers in a
vice just for a laugh. It's pleasure, it's pain, it's a veritable
aural hatchet job of the most brutal kind. With vocals only
Neighbor's Madge could rival in gravely intensity, this deviant
foursome push the boundaries of perversion to another level.
Topics such a s excised genitals, terminal constipation and people
who would lick the floor of a public lavatory form the subject
matter for their twisted litanies. 'John Bobbit (She Chopped
It)' is as fierce as the name suggests, the groove driven by the
mortar-bomb explosion of the bass with guitars that drive off at
111 mph. Complicated and precise drumming is displayed to
the full during the verse of 'Thy Ice Cream' and the whole album
reeks of putrefaction to coin a phrase. If you thought Home and
Away was Australia's answer to Hell....
Think again.
MAXIMUS GLUTEUS
MAXIMUM PERVERSION CD LAUNCH
Grosvenor Backroom
Friday, August 24, 2001
Speaking of mental illness, Maximum Perversion finally got
their chance to play as the crowd waned, but this didn't deter the
scamps from putting on a killer performance.
Their debut CD had been waiting in the wings for a frustratingly
long time but judging by tonight's show, it was well worth the
wait. The set was wickedly precise and to the point and songs such
as The Ballad of Unhygenic-Man feature some very snappy time
changes and imaginative structures, whilst remaining true to the
heavy end of the spectrum.
Don't let their clean-cut appearance and demeanor fool you,
because underneath lies a gleefully sick sense of humour and
willingness to upend their chosen style in new and refreshing
ways. Throwaway comparisons? Think of a warped cross between early
Suicidal Tendencies and the death sensibilities of Cradle of Filth
and you might be getting close, but these soon fall by the way
side as they sculpt a sound which is very much their own.
All the wonderful potty humour and berserk effects made for an all
too brief yet satisfying set, proving that they are one of the
more underrated and forward thinking metal acts around. With
tongue planted firmly in cheek (or the gutter depending on your
view point) these guys are the musical equivalent of a
particularly ruse South Park episode. Now there's something to
admire.
-SCOTT WOODSIDE.
(June 2001)
MAXIMUM PERVERSION: Repugnant Perturbation Excursion
With their re-release of the
popular underground CD "Repugnant
Perturbation Excursion", it seems that the perverts have hit
the grind
nail on its head. The album opens with a sample of Jack Nicholson
going ape-shit in Kubrick's "The Shining", before the
title track
launches into some of the most insane grind musical warping I've
heard. Some of the slower more groovy songs like "John Bobbit:
She
chopped it!" and "Bill Bass' Body Shop" are as
catchy as all fuck,
whilst songs like "F.D.S" and "Caramel Corpse"
show that Maximum
Perversion are the leaders of the Perth insane bitch slut fuck
cunt
grindcore scene. Coinciding with the amazing music are three
different
vocal styles, guitarist Jon with the low end Glen Bentonish
vocals,
drummer Dan with "I have a razor blade tearing through my
vocal
chords" vocals and bassist Andrew with the "I'm fucking
crazy" vocals.
Jason doesn't do any vocals but that doesn't matter. The lyrical
genius shines through these vocals, with such quotes like
"Theological
premonition...Incongruous: your religion...An Obsequial
life-ambition... suicide for science fiction!" and
"Fucking
Diarrhorrea Slut! Hot stuff coming out your butt!"
Bottom line is: If you like excellent grind, then you'd be an
absolute
idiot to look any further than Maximum Perversion's Repugnant
Perturbation Excursion. Get it or be insane. It's A1. Oh and Dan.
Got
a light? You rock star. A1.
