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GOREFEST
1994 - Erase.
1996 - Soul Survivor.
way more Helter Skelter.

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

June 10, 1996 - 2026: 30 years of: Soul Survivor.

An Eurorock twist.

Always evolving, since 1994's Erase CD, the now death-less GOREFEST would act like Europe's second to none post-Seattle riff-machine.

Dwelling within FM airwaves, the rock-format of both "Freedom" and "Forty Shades" could've been indie contenders. Hard and decisive, "Blood Is Thick" rings aloud in the cathedral of rock. Deep bass and light melodies possesses the "Electric Poet", while the eclectic title-track for "Soul Survivor" rides the overdrive into the go-zone.

During 1996's calendar-year, another once brutal band shall embrace alt-rock tendencies: Germany's MORGOTH. A new niche of newwave, metalized rock would become an outlet / swansong for some extreme acts. More units to follow this left hand path includes the gothic PARADISE LOST and the misanthropic ENTOMBED.

Hard death 'n roll is still on the menu for GOREFEST, as proven by 1998's Chapter 13 CD.

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Soul Survivor = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_8k3GTFTbs&list=PLkROH3Eqs0T8-myDi50HWsnjaDb9wkRx8