It’s only been two years since the last Fuck the Facts release, but in grindcore that’s an eternity. The Canadian outfit issued the Die Miserable full-length in 2011 on Relapse, and after a subsequent EP and compilation marking, as they put it, Ten Fucking Years (2001-2011), the Ottawa five-piece follow-up Die Miserable this week with the new Amer EP, a suitably blasting collection of seven aggressive pummelers that tops out at a bit over 13 minutes. Seven tracks in 13 minutes. Welcome to grind.

To point out the obvious, it’s not really the kind of thing this site usually covers, and as far as I’m concerned, that’s precisely the appeal. There are elements of heavy tonality in cuts like “Jour de Souffrance,” and closer “Amère” toys with slower, tense pacing en route to a bash-you-over-the-head finale, but my idea in adding Fuck the Facts to The Obelisk Radio is to change things up a bit so that it’s not the same kind of riffs all the time played at the same speed and working under (vaguely) the same influences. Amer is a nuanced collection from the Napalm Death runs of “Vent du Nord” to the ambient ending of “L’Enclume et le Marteau,” and as varied as it is on a song-by-song basis, I figured it would be a good fit precisely because it didn’t really fit at all.

So yeah, at just 1:44, “A Void” might be a quick blip on the ongoing radio stream, but I think there’s enough substance to what Fuck the Facts does that their material stands up to the bevvy of amp-crushers they’re joining in the playlist. With the double-guitars of Topon Das and Johnny Ibay, bass of Marc Bourgon (also vocals), drums of Mathieu Vailandré (also vocals) and Mel Mongeon‘s vocals, the self-recorded Amer is varied, extreme and something you might not see coming when it arrives — all of which argue convincingly enough in its favor that here we are.

Fuck the Facts will begin a European tour next week. Dates are below the Amer player from the band’s Bandcamp page, where the EP is available on 10″ vinyl and cassette:

Fuck the Facts, Amer EP (2013)

FUCK THE FACTS 2013 EUROPEAN TOUR
07/01 ITA Milano Blue Rose Saloon
07/02 GER Leipzig
07/03 GER Berlin Koma F
07/04 CZE Trutnov Obscene Extreme Festival
07/05 HOL Rotterdam Baroeg
07/06 HOL Nijmegen Nothing Changed Fest
07/07 UK Brighton Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar
07/08 UK Leeds The Fox & Newt
07/09 UK Manchester Kraak Gallery
07/10 UK Bristol The Stag and Hounds
07/11 UK London The Unicorn Camden Live
07/12 BEL Brussels DNA
07/13 FRA Lille Le Bistrot de St So
07/14 FRA Toulouse Pavillons Sauvages
07/15 SPA Bilbao Sentinel Club
07/16 SPA Logroño Villatruño Squat
07/17 SPA Zaragoza Arrebato
07/18 SPA Torellò Eclectic Club
07/19 SPA Barcelona TBA
07/20 FRA Luynes Le Korigan
07/21 ITA Bologna Freakout Club

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Tags: Amer, Canada, Fuck the Facts, Fuck the Facts Amer, Ottawa, Unsigned bands

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