REVIEW: KUAFÖR CENGIZ - ISTAMBUL HATIRASI

 

KUAFÖR CENGIZ - ISTAMBUL HATIRASI (Independent, 2001):

Track list: 1- 666th Government, 2- Atomic Scrap metal Dealer, 3- 5 times Coca Cola, 4- Lemon Pharmacy, 5- There ´s brotherhood in the town of Fatih, 6- Constipations from Bread Products, 7- Memories from Istanbul, 8- There´s no place like Mc Turkey, 9- Brother Saban´s Tea Garden, 10- Black White (colors of Besiktas football team), 11- The Smoke is Great, 12- Winch, 13- Again we are in a crisis.

Hailking from Turkey this band plays a style that I would define like death/grind/black metal with a really raw sound and some crazy ideas (like the slower parts on "Atomic Scrap metal Dealer"). They have a great sense of humor as can be seen in the live version of "5 times Coca Cola" or "There is no place like Mc. Turkey". Their music is powerful and can not be classified as fast or slow because there are parts that can be put into this categories and within the same tracks. Really gutural vocals in some places and black metal / grind like vocals in another and also spoken vocals…I like the different vocal types here. There are also certain interesting guitar arrangements in between grind parts that give a lot of originality to this band like the use of cleaner guitars. It is good to see bands doing great music from countries so distant from ours. Favorite tracks: "Lemon Pharmacy", "There is Brotherhood in the town of Fatih" (some crazy guitars here) and "Brother Saban´s Tea Garden". Contact: www.kuaforcengiz.com or al_bayrak@hotmail.com