KIJU „“Demo(n)cracy””

Music: Thrash Metal
Website: http://www.kiju.it
Country: Italy
Cool songs: Inside, Seized by the Neck

KIJU started working in 1997 fascinated by the sounds of FAITH NO MORE and SOUNDGARDEN, so actually we now have the image of the thrash music they play. Since 1997 they managed to record only two full-length albums and not smaller interruptions like demos or EPs.

‘Demo(n)cracy’ is a very fleshy and powerful album, with spewing-like vocals. Its main strength is the speed and power plus some really good melodic elements. The rest of the music is after the same fashion: one fleshy riff, hammered over and over again (can cause music-sickness), and only one pitch (if it can be called this way) of the voice. Sometimes Vitto sounds as if he was going to vomit, which is a very uninteresting perspective. The drums are the best part of this album, well prepared and performed, keep the pace and create a real blockhead atmosphere. The rest of the instruments (not to mention the voice) is just… silence. You listen to them, but do not hear anything.

KIJU created an average album with downgrading tendencies. This music has got one characteristic feature: it is inappropriate for listening. Those CDs should be bought for smashing.

note: 2/10

Tracklist

1. Tag Your Bones
2 .Inside
3. I Don’t Tolerate Who’s Not Tolerant
4. Deserve the Truth
5. Disappear
6. Seized by the Neck
7. Bean
8. Surf Diesel
9. Bullshit Handbook
10. Born Aborted
11. VI
12. Dog
“VI” and “Dog” are bonus tracks, physically, they are really tracks 15 and 16, being preceded by four tracks – each consisting of 30 seconds of silence.

Total playing time 50:55

Line-up

Vitto – vocals
Bob – guitars
Cance – guitars
Cafa – bass
Mich – drums