New Demeter brings terror

Reviewed by JON FASSNACHT
Collegian Staff Writer

Improvements in technology have made the sound quality of compact discs in the '90s superb -- so, of course, some bands feel it's necessary to rebel against this and make their CDs sound like they were recorded in a garage with "My First Sony."

Fifty Tons of Black Terror's Demeter, could be one of the most unlistenable albums of the year. Apart from the lack of musicianship, each instrument achieves a new sonic low when put through the band's crap filter.

The guitars only can be likened to chainsaws and most of the time the chords resemble an out-of-tune piano. The bassist brings back the awful buffalo-fart sound Grand Funk Railroad invented.

The band started when guitarist Jon Free and bassist Graeme Flynn got drunk and started talking about music.

Apparently, the person who signed them to a recording contract was drunk as well.

A lot of drinking went into the formation of this band and a lot of drinking is needed to stomach the album.

Demeter opens with "Voyeur's Blues," a typically hard song setting the mood for the rest of the album. The lyrics deal with an onlooker watching a female "get off" on an anonymous young chap.

The rest of the CD including a bonus EP, follows the same formula.t of the album, you start to develop a deeper appreciation for "music" -- something not found within Demeter.