Panic Disorder - Ilustrasi dari Bab Sadis
Sebelas April Records, 2004
Track list:
1. Ilustrasi dari Bab Sadis (Illustration of Sadistic Chapters)
2. Carnivorous Tribe Blood Feast
3. Tertikam Dendam (Stabbed by Revenge)
4. Pisau Berbicara (Dagger Talks)
5. Guinness Book of the Killer Records
6. Disaffected
7. Into Gory Chamber
8. Rotten Dismemberment Bodies Female
9. My Hatred Smashed Your Head
10. Ketika Tubuh Bersimbah Darah (When Body Bathe in Blood)
11. Kebencian Tanpa Batas (Infinite Hatred)
12. Eaten Corpse Our Leader (live on air – Pulsar FM France)

Though the song beat majority kept at maximum speed, the guitar riffs are not dominated by palm-muted low strings as common picking style in this subgenres. IMHO they’re tending to Hanneman-King’s 80ies Slayer-ism rhythm and Napalm Death-ism blast rather than Decrepit Birth or Disgorge palm-muting heroes with artificial harmonics lying in certain spots. Nevertheless, the guitarist surely has wrote arrays of brutal riffs in this record, but making them too much would getting bored easier if nothing bizarre distracting the audience such as weird tempo, break, structure and of course, melodies. I wish guitar solo given more exposure as I found the haunting drone solo works in some songs like in “Rotten..” and “Carnivorous..” are admirable. They’re executed perfectly as if the shivering fluidic sounds from ultra fast tremolo-picked riffs threaten you to death! Sadly, only few seconds of joy are permitted in two or three songs.

“Kebencian..” intro incorporating low and dark cello sound, which is perfect arrangement I suppose considering the song theme as well as the echoic whispers in “Into the Gory Chamber”. Basslines are ordinary; following guitar notes closely leaves no room for improvisation and breathes. Same situation happened to drums which dominated by snare-kick only as if the drummer only has two-piece kits to play with.

Digging into production quality, I’ll throw unfair judgment here, for the reason that I only got cassette version, so my verdict somewhat biased considering limited analog cassette and player quality compared to compact disc. Basically the guitar distortion is okay; it just sits nicely in the mix with enough overdriven gain level fits in place to maintain its definition though the presence could be stronger. The downside was on bass sound, it equalized/boosted at midbass range hence the bass would sounds like small gong beaten in the graveyard at midnight. The guitar solo, although the riffs are great, buried between the riots of rhythm. One bonus track recorded live in FM radio in France was taking over by excessive midbass drowning the other instrument’s clarity. Supposed that my tape player sucks, I assume the dudes in the studio were done the job correctly. I just played it through cheapfux Sony walkman. Maybe Teac dual player would be my wish list. Therefore, I put N/A (Not Available) for Recording Score below. (Faishal-BJ/1104)

Score
Musicianship: *** 3 of 5
Songwriting: *** 3 of 5
Recording: N/A

Band Contact:
Panic Disorder c/o Joky
Jln. Palad 04/07 #20 P. Gebang Cakung
Jakarta 13950 Indonesia
phone: +62-21-4803658
mobile: +62-816-1102454

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