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GOREFEST
1994 - Erase.
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June 13, 1994 - 2024: 30 years of: Erase.

The other Swan songs.

After the Swedish deathmetal tidalwave, Europe's scenes were morphing. England's CARCASS had already incorporated the rock-element to the feast, it was now time for Holland's GOREFEST to push deeper into alt-metal.

Packaged into a college-radio envelope, the rock vibe is imminent on "Low". Lite-metal with power-chord hooks, the growls are present yet controlled, as displayed on "Seeds Of Hate" and the swinging "Erase" title-track.

Cool crunch is found on "I Walk My Way", the metalized arenarock of "Fear" and diametrically, the progression of "Goddess In Black" is a different take on death-turned-hard-music.

Following their 1992 False CD, the band wouldn't fake it anymore. From traditional underground deathmetal to corporate deathrock, this is GOREFEST's improbable turning point. Their evolution towards more alternate sound-signatures would further bloom with 1996's Soul Survivor CD.

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Erase = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybr51zf9BuI
Fear = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzxNO9wiRrg
Erase = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0Nid8ELJfY&list=PLA_-mfgLOQ-XfrWuTBvpNdYQNeQk-M8Br&index=18
Interview in 1995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-wGkmUtEXc
Live at The Dynamo in 1994
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4WBC1wmnxo