SWINE FUCKER
"Cunning Ideals"
Self Released EP
Putrid Death Metal
2018
Tracklisting:
1. Wretched Drippings
2. Just Deserts
3. Reason
4. Genital Plate
5. Insignificant
6. Cunning Ideals
7. Expired
Sin City sicko Richard Bistrup is back (well in 2018 when this self released album was unleashed) with his one man project Swine Fucker and seven songs of putrid death metal in the form of "Cunning Ideals". "Cunning..." is the successor to Richard's first release in 2009 which was a three song demo which I had the pleasure of reviewing on my last run with Illusions Webzine back around 2010. As mentioned, Richard is the sole member of Swine Fucker so of course he handles all music and sound effects on the album. Speaking sound effects, track three "Reason" is just that. Two minutes of eerie, hair raising, chilling effects that sound one part alien, one part chest separating, one part being the alien that separates someone elses chest cavity and about 97 parts of wtf is going on. Kind of disturbing. Love it! On the other side of the spectrum we have track seven "Expired" which is a 1:36 long acoustic instrumental which was beautifully done. Richard's vocals are disgusting, brutal & super guttural to the point where pig squeals don't even need to be attempted, they just come naturally at points. By the way, when I say disgusting, I mean that as a compliment not a diss! Unlike a lot of vocalists that follow the guitars with his vocal patterns, he takes a slower, more methodical approach to vocal patterns which is different than what I'm used to but that's definitely not a bad thing. Vocal notes are drawn out longer than the norm sometimes to almost, what seems to be, inhuman like. Needless to say the dude's packing a set of lungs on him as evident at the end of track five "Insignificant". I thought I was going to pass out due to breath loss on that one. The music throughout this release seems to be a mixture of different elements. Anywhere from catchy chuggy riffs, faster paced blasting trem picking to slower trem picking in old school death metal fashion to some cool single note scale progressions. I do wish there would be a little bass presence to thicken the music up a bit but that's just a former bassist being biased haha. "Cunning Ideals" was written and recorded by Richard, including all music and sound effects, mastered by Charlie Rivero, album art by the amazing Tony Koehl and the Swine Fucker logo was made by Erich Osos. Head on over to the Swine Fucker bandcamp site and check out "Cunning Ideals". He still has physical cds left if you're still somewhat oldschool like me or if not pick a price for the digital copy and help support a super cool dude and killer artist in his own right. Speaking of, Richard was kind enough to let me link his personal facebook since there isn't an actual Swine Fucker "Like" page and there you will be able to also see his own killer artworks.
Richard Bistrup's Personal Facebook
Richard Bistrup's Art Facebook Page