Well, somebody had to cover “Mongoloid,” and these guys did it first. A mixed bag of punk styles, using some special effects. No new turf broken, decent lyrics and enthusiastic playing. Includes a free EP with the first 1000.
Excerpts taken from this East Coast outfit’s four year existence. Contains live and studio material with varying sound quality, but all is powerful thrashy stuff.
Here you can get the GROWTH’s LP, some old demos, and a recent live show all on one cassette! Good, forceful HC, especially the live material.
I was warned that this would be “too metal” for me, but far from it. While there’s a slight bit of metal guitar action (no obnoxious leads though), for the most part this is speedy thrash. Though generic at times, there are a few touches, overdubs, etc., that break it up. Five songs, good lyrics.
A live tape that has its pluses and minuses. The drumming is really strong, the guitar raw, and the vocalist rivals CAPITOL PUNISHMENT’s for lowest range around. Drawbacks include the mix and the somewhat “heavy” aspects of many tunes. Still, it’s crude and powerful.
CANCEROUS GROWTH do a respectable, but by no means brilliant job with the mid- to fast-tempo thrash formula, replete with rebellious lyrics and gruff vocals. This kind of thing has been done before, but I really enjoyed their high-velocity numbers. Basically OK.
CANCEROUS GROWTH deliver fairly unoriginal thrash and slower hardcore with quite a bit of gusto. They’re pretty tight, but more of their own personality needs to evolve. I especially like the guitar work.
