Tormentor Erich: Not so long ago you could win the limited edition single ‘Come On Baby’ from the Dutch Disturbing Foresights here at Lords Of Metal. This band doesn’t exist anymore, but these dudes same to have a second life. Deity Down Records took care of them and now they release the already in 1993 recorded CD ‘De-Grunged’. The band send the producer from back then (Pieter Kloos) back to the studio to give the album a modern sound, and they let graphical artist Robert Lammerding do the well made artwork.
What I really like about these forty minutes of music is the diversity in the songs. A couple of tracks could also have been on the album ‘Noisy Fairytales’ from the Heideroosjes (also because of the vocals and the sound). It is that same ‘we do it like this because we like it like this’ attitude that can be heard. D.F. also uses two singers sometimes and when you listen to the hard rock riff orientated ‘Positive’ you might even think that Les Claypool sings along. On the other hand, a song like ‘Going To The Pub’ sounds like a little ode to ‘Hurry Up Harry’ by Sham 69 and during the instrumental ‘N.P.M’ a lot of breaks show up. Faster work like ‘Brainless Brian’ is mixed with cheerful sing alongs like ‘Chemical Century’ and even somewhat funky styled music can be heard in a track like ‘Lonely’. I also would like to focus your attention a bit on the lyrics of this album. Disturbing Foresights use a different approach in lyrics then usual. Although the words are often about a social/political topics, they still carry a positive message and this seems rather unique nowadays.
Of course, you can always ask yourself if it is useful to release an album from 1993 in 2008. But considering the fact that I had a good time while listening to ‘De-Grunged’ the band has got my blessing.
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