Wow, What can I say about Terrorizer World Downfall? This basically should appeal to fans of Napalm Death but the musicianship is a lot better than say “Scum” or “From Enslavement to Obliteration”. This had a lot in common with Napalm Death with the short blasting songs of grind-core fury. The band initially formed by Oscar Garcia (vocals) and Jesse Pintardo (Guitars), never really achieved that much until drummer extrodinaire Pete Sandoval joined the band. The band never really achieved that much initially and disbanded in 1988. This is where stuff becomes unclear. Pete Sandoval left to join Morbid Angel and appeared on their classic 1989 debut album “Altars of Madness” and at the same time bassist David Vincent from Morbid Angel joined Terrorizer in order to release the bands first LP.
This LP contained some of the fastest blast beats known to mankind at the time. Faster than Morbid Angel or Napalm Death at the time I would contend. I remember hearing this at the time and honestly I was more into the death metal thing at the time, and some of this felt a little half arsed as some of the lyrics were repeated in different songs (Yes I analysed this album that closely) but man, you could not deny the brutality of the music. The riffage was brilliant and Pete’s drumming stood head and shoulders above anything going around at the time.
With albums such as these I don’t there’s any point going into a track by track analysis, you either like it or you don’t. Plus it’s literally like a 30 minute beating session powered by Pete Sandoval’s drums. The lyrics are usual grind-core fare, and to be fair there’s a bit of variation in this once the first few tracks are done and dusted.
This is not metal for the weak. This is an experience in extremity, with everyone trying to be the fastest band in the world, this might have been the band to achieve this in 1989, and if I’m being frank the experience was a lot better than the early Napalm Death albums (but again it’s fair play as Jesse left Terrorizer to join Napalm Death anyway not long after this) in my opinion, much tighter and better recordings made this the standout grind album of the time.
One thing i will say is there’s a few riff that feel like they were lifed right out of Naplam Death’s inventory. You’ll know it wnen you listen to Scum and then listen to this, but I’m gonna give it to these lads and say they did it better than Napalm.
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