If success came entirely from by chaos and schizophrenia, San Francisco duo Eustachian would live in castle, rolling over piles of bills, wiping their asses with silk or just relaxing by throwing darts at a big photo of Lars Ulrich. Sadly, ‘The Sphagnum Bog’ can’t turn this into reality, no matter what explosive mix of extreme sounds it detonates. And it’s a pity, because these dudes deserve much more. Dissonant and unbridled, the album (available for free download here) finds Eustachian playing eleven songs that feel like 111; such is the (murderous) intention, array of diversity and the horrifying atmosphere that soon the listener’s face will be illustrated on the next release’s artwork like those on the current. ‘Martinique II’ is where the artificial intellect takes over the world (and for a moment makes you think that your audio columns have fucked up), while the breakcore slap ‘Cryptid Globster’ unexpectedly gives way to surprisingly melodic riff where the band go modern, proving that everything can be expected from Eustachian – from dubstep wobbles to cybergrind, as seventh track ‘Mono Sodium’ effortlessly proves. Heavy, avant gard and uncompromising, ‘The Sphagnum Bog’ is a zombie disco covered in blood.
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