01. Ohio Death Toll Rising
02. One Chair & An Electrical Cord
03. The Ones That Got Away
04. So Far Sowell So What
05. Mission AccomplishedCountry: OHIO, U.$.A.
Genre: Sludgecore, downtempo, hardcore
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Crucial BlastFistula is dropping their first new shit in a long time. It's entitled "The Goat" and is heavy as fuck and just a sick! Based on the recent killings in the Cleveland area by serial killer Anthony Sowell! There have been a lot of side projects, weird eps and other shit like comps, but this is the return to the Fistula that got us all hooked in the first place!
The best stuff since "Better Tomorrow"album!
Ohio’s a breeding ground for serial killers and metal. The Buckeye State’s two favorite pastimes collide on the new Fistula EP, GOAT. The Cleveland sludge kings have delivered the first songs about the homegrown (alleged) reigning king of serial killers, Anthony Sowell, a Cleveland man arrested in October 2009. After months of neighbor complaints, the pungent smell of Powell’s Imperial Avenue home lured law enforcement, who finally found the remains of 11 women in his basement. All that remained of one body – allegedly, cuz we weren’t there and we don’t know for sure – was a head the cops found in a bucket. Sowell -- an ex-convict who had been convicted of attempted rape -- was a prolific killer, but not so meticulous when it came to disposing of mortal remains. Typical Cleveland. “I think it says there is a bunch of crazy fucks in Ohio, if anything,” says Fistula mainman/drummer/former guitarist/former singer Corey Bing. “I think the guy was a true piece of filth. He deserves to die, there needs to be retribution, revenge. He’s a dirtbag, a weak person who preyed on the weak.” Bing, only Fistula member who’s been on every release, elaborates on that sickened sentiment in slow-torture tunes like “Ohio Death Toll.” “The songs were ugly, much like the situation surrounding Mr. Sowell,” explains Bing. “I wanted people to know things are effed up out there. I want people to listen and get chills down their spine. I want people to know they need to NOT trust just anyone. People are deceiving. Our world is insane, and things are NOT safe. That’s what I want people to take away from listening to this – well, besides heavy riffs and sounds.” Bing and friends founded Fistula in 1998. The group recorded a well-received EP and gave tetanus to some Ohio clubgoers. Then it died and came back to life. The 2006 EP For a Better Tomorrow was stuffed with sick riffs and closed with an acoustic track. Cleveland Scene called the album “the sludge Nevermind… Killer stoner metal. The title track is like ‘Sweet Leaf’ with a nose full of black tar.” For that record, former 16 drummer Jason Corley was sitting behind the drum kit. He’s just one compatriot who’s fallen by the wayside since.
For GOAT, Bing bit the bullet and replaced some longtime friends. Vocals are supplied by former King Fire Goat singer Steve Barcus, the original Fistula singer, who returned for 2007’s Burdened by Your Existence LP. Bing wrote the GOAT riffs, but they’re played by guitarist Matt Rositano, who’s one of Bing’s co-conspirators in Accept Death and Hemdale. Rositano recorded the band’s fifth release in darkened backwoods north of Cleveland, in Mentor, Ohio.
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