The first thing that pops into someone’s head when you mention Switzerland is usually along the lines of chocolate, Swiss banks, Swatch and a load of other inane wank no one cares about. The first thing that comes to my mind is HellHammer, Celtic Frost and Gurd, but I am by no means normal. Now I can add Kess'khtak to that list.
Kess'khtak is a death/grindcore band form Switzerland and the name in modern Arabic literally translates to “Your Sister's Pussy”. They play fast, crushing grindcore with more of a death metal sound… so ideally one would call it deathcore, but fuck that term and all the bands who belong to it. This is death grind deluxe with crushing riffs and supersonic blast beats that will grind your mind into pink mist.
They’ve recently released an EP titled Nurturing Conditions For Rupture which gives a good indication of their lyrical theme being along the lines of ultimate planetary destruction/genocide and death. The record might as well be the official soundtrack for the end of the world. I could only describe it as a relentless, uncompromising, perpetual death grind onslaught from start to finish! The band really has managed to get their own very unique sound and I am pretty sure that even the trendy death metal kids could get into this.
Kess'khtak has found the algorithm of hate and they have managed to successfully parse grindcore and death metal as the parameters to produce a record that speaks volumes with such a sadistic and hateful intent it is hard to describe. So to all the “Brutal Death Metal” bands out there, cop this! I would highly recommend Kess'khtak - Nurturing Conditions For Rupture to those of you into bands like Blunt Force Truama, Death Toll 80K and Mass Grave.
