Fukpig - 'Belief is the death of intelligence' review

They say :- Fukpig was originally conceived as a side project by members of the revered and now defunct, Mistress and then put on the backburner due to the success of both Mistress and Anaal Nathrakh. Drawing from a putrid pool of influences such as Extreme Noise Terror, Gorgoroth, Disgust and Mayhem, Fukpig mix up crust, punk, black metal and grind into an almighty mass of audio filth.

‘Belief is The Death of Intelligence’ is the follow up to 2009’s well-received -and now sold out- ‘Spewings from a Selfish Nation’. This opus is laden with yet more aggressive crust and gritty grind, with “barely-veiled paranoia and disgust infesting every crevice of the album”.

“Belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one stops thinking about that aspect of existence.”

Robert Anton Wilson

We Say :-We first caught up with Brummie Necro-Punk's Fukpig when they played the Leeds Deathfest where, to be fair, they totally blew us away with their high energy on-stage lunacy and crusty punk black metal noise. It was an intense experience and this was clearly a band that were worthy of further attention.

Fast forward a few months and their second album is imminent. It's called 'Belief is the Death of Intelligence' and it expands and develops on the sound of 2009's 'Spewings from a Selfish Nation', taking the art of filthy grindcore to new heights.

The album is a tirade against church, state and the surveillance society that we find ourselves living in. The spirit of 'proper' punk is strong in these guys and vocalist Drunk spits out the words with hatred. Tracks like 'Sadism in the name of God' and the title track 'Belief is the Death of Intelligence' are delivered with a passion and energy that is truly impressive as Drunk rails against God and religion "I won't bow down, to anyone. Fuck You, and Fuck your son". It's an outstanding vocal delivery, dirty, angry, crusty but also (believe it or not) extremely listenable.

This is delivered over a backdrop of some impressive Black Metal riffage from Migg, and the sound is built on a tight devastating foundation from bassist Misery and drummer Battlesticks. Anyone who dismisses this as just noise has obviously not listened to it properly, the guitar sound on this album is brilliant and the production gives everything just the right amount of filth.

We liked Fukpig after seeing them live, and their last album was pretty good. But nothing prepared us for exactly how good this one is. Lyrical venom is one thing and musical ability is another, but Fukpig have both in abundance, combined with a songwriting intelligence that gets their potent message across without any ambiguity.

It is difficult to get across exactly how good we think this album is. Unusually for the genre it stands up to repeated listening, in fact since it dropped on the doormat it's been the most listened to album here at CackBlabbath by absolutely miles.

It's a fucking brilliant album. Go and buy it if you have any interest at all in Grindcore or Punk, and then go see them at the upcoming Damnation festival and be prepared to be blown away.

Dizzy

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