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Blood Duster - Blood Duster
2004 Seasons Of Mist
Blood Duster - Blood Duster

Track Listing:
1.  For Those About To Fuck 
2.  Idi 
3.  Six Six Sixteen 
4.  Cock Junkie 
5.  Sellout 
6.  I Wanna Do It With A Donna 
7.  Fruity Relationships 
8.  Heroin unk 
9.  Sk8ergrrl 
10. Bad Habbits 
11. On The Stage 
12. Vegan Feast 
13. Drink Fight Fuck 
14. Tony Goes To Court [Skit] 
15. On The Hunt 
16. Current Trends 
17. Underground 
18. Drug Fiend 
19. Achin' For An 'A' Cup 
20. Dahmer The Embalmer

Line-Up:
Vocals:  Tony Forde
Guitars:  Matt Collins
Bass:  Jason Fuller
Session Drums:  Matt Rizzo

Website:  www.bloodduster.com

Shev's Rating:  A-
Average Album Rating:  A-

Also be sure to read:
Blood Duster - Cunt by Shev
Blood Duster - D.F.F. EP by Shev
Blood Duster - SixSixSixteen EP by Shev
Blood Duster - Str8 Outta Northcote by Shev

Shev's Review:  From the AC/DC-inspired opener, "ForThoseAboutToFuck", all the way through the classic Americana-inspired, "NuCorporate", it's plain to see where Blood Duster's influences are derived from.  While Australia does have an incredible knack for pumping out some of the better grind bands of today, Blood Duster takes things one step above.  With every release, they choose to become more and more rock-oriented...but without sacrificing their ferocious grinding sound.  Blood Duster has taken the idea of progression and nailed it perfectly, offering something beyond what everybody else is already doing in the first place.

So with their self-titled release, what should one expect?  More of the same, but with a little more hard rock thrown into the mix.  The results are very good, although not as good as their previous release, "Cunt".  Regardless, with some of the rock 'n grind anthems like "SixSixSixteen", "IWannaDoItWithADonna", "DrinkFightFuck", and "She'sAJunkie", Blood Duster certainly manages to surpass "Cunt" in overall spirit and originality, but as a whole can't quite match up to the memorability.  Simplistically aggressive on the outside, and creatively motivated on the inside, Blood Duster's self-titled release is something no fan of energetic rock or grindcore should be without.
Shev's Rating:  A-

Discography (last updated 7.18.06):
Menstrual Soup Demo - 1991 
Fisting The Dead EP - 1993
Yeest - 1995
Str8 Outta Northcote - 1998
Cunt - 2001
D.F.F. EP - 2003
IWannaDoItWithADonna 7" - 2004
Blood Duster - SixSixSixteen EP - 2004
Blood Duster - Blood Duster - 2004