Strange, Beautiful and Fast

by Takafumi Matsubara

Strange, Beautiful and Fast cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 September 2019
  • Label: GCBT
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 33:26
  • Community rating: 3.51/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following a debilitating hand infection that nearly ended his career, former Gridlink guitarist Takafumi Matsubara triumphantly returns with the solo project 'Strange, Beautiful and Fast'. Aided by numerous guest musicians from the global extreme metal scene, the album is a highly technical, chaotic barrage of pure grindcore aggression.

Genres

Descriptors: technical, complex

Tracklist

  1. Stuttered Rope (1:49)
  2. ICE Pick (1:28)
  3. Metina Lako Achyar (1:32)
  4. Dignity (1:18)
  5. Halo of Lies (1:52)
  6. Void Walker (2:46)
  7. Path to Isolation (3:36)
  8. Song Eight (3:05)
  9. Pull Out My Eyes (4:24)
  10. Controlled Matrix of Thought (0:52)
  11. Disparity (1:19)
  12. Fate of Fear (0:29)
  13. S.A.M (2:37)
  14. Filius Lapis (0:56)
  15. Crawlspace (1:43)
  16. Abstract Maelstroms (1:35)
  17. Selfish Vow (2:03)

Credits

  • Takafumi Matsubara - primary artist
  • Bijay Pokhrel - cover
  • Hiroyuki Uno - bass, synth [basyn]
  • Bryan Fajardo - drums
  • Dylan Walker - vocals, lyrics by
  • Kenta Nakanishi - drums
  • Toshihiko Takahashi - vocals, lyrics by
  • Eric Schnee - drums
  • Hiromasa Sakamoto - engineer [guitar recording engineer]

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