Balatonizer – “Occlused in Ottusity”
Some conversations should be reviews, like the following, with my baby brother, Juan. Juan: Hey, have you heard anything good lately?.. Mauricio: Uh…No, but I just heard a really awful band, Balatonizer. Juan: Bala-who? Mauricio: Balatonizer. It’s really awful. They have this drum machine blasting the same beat in every song. The album is some 25 minutes long and it has 32 songs. Juan: What? Another Napalm Death band? Mauricio. Hey, Napalm Death is great! This is not! The guitar sounds the same, like a big blur. The vocals are very guttural, but they suck. It’s low growling, but it has no energy or aggression. It’s lame like Mortician or some garbage like that. It’s a no-talent band. Juan: Like Six Feet Under? Mauricio: No, that band sounds very musical compared to this… Juan: Huh….Oh, hey, when is that new Slayer coming out? … [That pretty says it all: “Huh.” It’s not more interesting than that.]