WATCH ME BURN
Man, this 3-song demo kick major ass! From the opening cartoon-
snippet filled song "Lester" onto "2/3 Numb" and "Roadkill,"
California act Watch Me Burn ignites into an out-of-control ball of
rage and destruction that is led by the vocal assault of screamer
Sawa. Managing to sucessful mix sludgecore, thrash metal and
grind into one solid groove is no easy task, but the members of
Watch Me Burn do it with ease. This band is on a roll right now,
featured on numerous compilations and working on a full-legnth.
This band has a lot of potential (I must thank Kevi-Metal for turn-
ing me onto them) and I'm sure their fire will be burning brighter
in 2002. (A. Bromley)
UNRESTRAINED issue #18
Watch Me Burn, Three-song sampler
Watch Me Burn is hardley your typical grind-core band, on the disk
you find the use of Hanna-Barbera style cartoon noise, jungle
sounding rhythms and an extremely tight and polished sound (is that
good or bad?) it should also be noted that the amazing sound is not
just some engineers trick or studio polish when I saw these hooligans
play at Headline Records they were as tight as on the disk and twice
as good. The singer Sawa's cotton candy pink hair and meek "thank
yous" after each song were a perfect contrast to the grinding driving
the band assembled. I must confess that I have never
particularly liked the whole grind/crust aspect of punk/metal so I
would bet that I'm not the ideal person to review this desk, but
Watch Me Burn might just join my regular rotation. Catch them live
if you can...
BLANK magazine
CD: "3 SONG SAMPLER"
Label: VOMITCORE
The California based Watch Me Burn is as intense as any band can get,
as their female fronted death metal assault is as potent as any. But,
they don't stop there, as this quartet of miscreants utilize
samples and sound effects to further their dynamic blitz of your sensory system.
Their songs are short, sweet and most of all, loud, so brace yourself for a wild
ride.
Review By: Mike SOS
volcanic-rock.com
WATCH ME BURN/
Same-3 death/grind tracks with some of the sickest female vocals I have heard
since Nuclear Death. The shit is fast and then even faster.
Think Brutal Truth is spots. I am not usually a big fan of grind,
but this is one impressive effort. I expect this band to be signed soon.
www.metalcorefanzine.com
WATCH ME BURN
2001 VOMITCORE RECORDS
This new sonic assault cranks out contorted
whacko jazz grind. The three tracks on this CDR are pure thundering goddamn
chaos, and vocalist Sarah is about the most psychotic sounding female I've
ever heard... and I'm including Dawn Crosby and Karyn Crisis when I say that.
No telling how far the band will get, but they'll be raising some hell at
their gigs. And that's a threat, not a promise.
Tom Wren
Metal Nightmare zine
www.geocities.com/metalnightmarezine
Watch Me Burn
PromoCD 2002 (self-financed)
Aaaarrrggghhhh!!! What a fiery feast!! I have to mark: it's NOT a musick for
the weak. Very brutal - ing brutal and intense or even insane stuff
drowning near Brutal Death / Grind Thrashing areas. The band consist of 4
members. The one who heeeeeeelllllish tears own throat is a woman: a real
pride for exreme metal and metal in general scene. No more angelic vocals
just pure devastation is needed!! I am dying to listen to full-lenght album
from Watch Me Burn. They are one of greatest Brutal Death Metal acts at
present. Don't believe me? Check'em out yourself but look out not
to become a dead one.
--Filip/Agonia
http://www.agonia.dagdy.com.pl/reviews_of_demos_oz.htm
http://www.doublethinkmagazine.com/sound/thrashtildeath.html
WATCH ME BURN 3song CD---
in' bad ass! Demented and sick grindcore. Nauseating singer I dig.
Pretty original homespun sound for a grind band. Over by the time it
took to write the preceding four sentences. It just made me want to hear more.
Like SOILENT GREEN on meth and gone horribly awry.
WATCHMEBURN@ANGELFIRE.COM
POBox6488, Burbank, CA 91510-6488
WATCH ME BURN - WATCH ME BURN (Independent, 2002)
Produced by Watch me Burn
Cover Art by Watch me Burn
Tracks: 1- Lester, 2- 3 2/3rds NUMB, 3- Roadkill
This is an extremely burtal band, specially in the screaming vocals....
they are brutal as hell!!!. This woman reminds me a little bit to
Holy Moses Sabina Classen because of the energy and
that she uses in the vocals. In fact she is amazingly bestial
through the three tracks that are on this MCD. The music is also
very extreme and changes rhythms a lot , from slow to fast,
then back to slow and then fast again and maybe then even faster.
There is also an ultraheavy guitar sound that combines perfectly
with the bass thta has a cleaner sound and contrasts with them.
The drummer is hyper fast and knows how to make tight rhythm changes
that are essential in Watch Me Burnīs music. But the spirit and soul
here are the savage vocals which in five minutes (that is what this
MCD lasts) smash your brain against the wall. Here we have intensity and
brutality !!! !!! nOw we want a full length CD from this savage band from hell.
Favorite tracks: The three
SKRATCH ZINE
VOLCANIC ROCK.COM
March 2002, Review by Mike SOS
The California based Watch Me Burn is as intense as any band can get, as their
female fronted death metal assault is as potent as any. But, they dont stop
here, as this quartet of miscreants utilize samples and sound effects to further
their dynamic blitz of your sensory system. Their songs are short, sweet and
most of all, loud, so brace yourself for a wild ride.
METALCORE FANZINE
October 2002
WATCH ME BURN/Same- 3 death/grind tracks with some of the sickest female vocals
I have heard since Nuclear Death. The shit is fast and then even faster. Think
Brutal Truth in spots. I am not usually a big fan of grind, but this is one
impressive effort. I expect this band to be signed soon.
METAL MANIACS
September 2002
Jesus crust this disc is nuts! Some four-piece of schitso-psycho freaks have
vomited up some purely putrid vile insane-core out of Burbank, CA and labeled it
Watch Me Burn. With a demented and (as far as I can guess) quite drugged view of
music, this three-songer pitched my tent with its disturbing qualities comprised
of all the wackier bands in , grind, noise and lots of that Patton
shit (Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, etc.). Mentally warped, blasting insanity forms
this self-titled shitstorm guaranteed to send you straight to the looney bin in
a straightjacket. With the mangled song structures blending cartoon sound
effects and bouncy crack rock jazz breaks immediately stomped all over by crust
punk, funky acid passages, and mad punk rock flavor, lots of things can
go through ones mind in the quick duration of these tracks, the first one being
What the ? One of the most surprising factors of the band (and I mean this
in no demeaning way) is the presence of a female singer. Not that chicks cant
growl and yell and scream like the rest of the male vocalists in the metal
world, but I have yet to hear one as insane and violently whack as this. Its
like Linda Blair having her exorcism with Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and
Michael Meyers smoking crack and jamming along with her! The overall sound of
bands like statemates Cattle Decapitation, Phobia, and the Vulgar Pigeons with
the brutality of German chaos gods Acme and Morser, and a tad bit of the
ambience found in Damad and Neurosis, all blended together like someone with a
case of Tourrettes Syndrome orchestrated the mess. So if you want an
all out mosh massacre record, or a clean, precise masterpiece of a record, stay
home and listen to something else, cause there aint a tad bit of it found here
kids. This is just sick. I love it.
WARZINE
Summer 2002
Aaaarrrggghhh!!! What a fiery feast!! I have to mark: it's NOT a musick for the
weak. Very brutal- ing brutal and intense or even insane stuff drowning near
Brutal Death/ Grind Thrashing areas. The band consists of 4 members. The one who
heeeeeelllllish tears own throat is a woman: a real pride for extreme metal and
metal in general scene. No more angelic vocals just pure devastation is needed!!
I am dying to listen to a full-length album from Watch Me Burn. The are one of
the greatest Brutal Death Metal acts at present. Don't believe me? Check em out
yourself but look out not to become a dead one.
CANADIAN ASSAULT
January 2002, Review by Dale
A short taste of their menstrual audio spew. Good death/ grind/ crust sewage.
Intense mix of Drogheda, Spazz, Autopsy etc. w/ some weird funny elements added.
SACRIFICE THE BLOODIED RAM!!!
METAL UNION ISSUE #2
April 2002
WATCH ME BURN is a pretty interesting band. They take some grind, some insanity,
and some crust, and throw it all together into a sonic omelette. The result is
actually quite good. Opener Lester is easily the best here, due to
the
whacked-out cartoon noises in the song that punctuate the grind parts. The
onimous guitars, sick vocals, and steady drums help things out, too. It's really
a brilliant song. The other standout song of the three offered here is
"Roadkill," easily the most intense of the bunch. The vocals are very, very
nasty, and the fact that they come from a female throat is amazing. Not many
women I know can scream like that. I think that WATCH ME BURN has something very
good going on here. If they can promote themselves properly and get things
spinning in the right direction, I think they'll do very well for themselves in
the grind scene.
METAL NIGHTMARE ZINE
September 2001, Review by Tom Wren
Not being content with just two projects, members of ... and ... now have WATCH
ME BURN. This new sonic assault cranks out contorted whacko jazz grind. The
three tracks on this CDR are pure thundering goddamn chaos, and vocalist Sarah
is about the most psychotic sounding female I've ever heard... and I'm including
Dawn Crosby and Karyn Crisis when I say that. No telling how far the band will
get, but they'll be raising some hell at their gigs. And that's a threat, not a
promise.
UNRESTRAINED ISSUE #18
March/April 2002 , Review by A. Bromley
Man, this 3-song demo kicks major ass! From the opening cartoon-snippet filled
song "Lester" onto "2/3 Numb" and "Roadkill," California act Watch Me Burn
ignites into an out-of-control ball of rage and destruction that is led by the
vocal assault of screamer Sawa. Managing to successfully mix sludgecore, thrash
metal and grind into one solid groove is no easy task, but the members of Watch
Me Burn do it with ease. This band has a lot of potential and I'm sure their
fire will be burning brighter in 2002.
BLANK ZINE
June 2002
Watch Me Burn is hardly your typical grind-core band, on the disk you find the
use of Hanna-Barbera style cartoon noise, jungle sounding rhythms and an
extremely tight and polished sound (is that good or bad?) It should also be
noted that the amazing sound is not just some engineers trick or studio polish.
When I saw these hooligans play at Headline Records they were as tight as on the
disk and twice as good. The singer Sawa's cotton candy pink hair and meek "thank
yous" after each song were a perfect contrast to the grinding driving
or the band assembled. I must confess that I have never particularly liked the
whole grind/crust aspect of punk/metal so I would bet that I'm not the ideal
person to review this disk, but Watch Me Burn might just join my regular
rotation. Catch them live if you can...
STATIC ZINE
2002
Psycho grinding crust from these CA. freaks, the music is well executed and they
do some interesting stuff but it all goes by so fast you really got to be on
your toes to catch it all. They are definately better than a lot of bands I have
heard doing this style and they obviously care about the production of their
material because this has a very good sound. I don't know what they want for
this cool disc with a cool cover too. So write em back and ask.
GLOON ONLINE WEBZINE
Summer 2002
Clocking in at a mere 5:27 you automatically know that you're in for fast,
insane grindcore with little to no subtlety. Watch Me Burn however have a few
tricks up their sleeves, which help them stand out among the masses. Firstly
their frontman is really a woman, and boy can she hold her own in the growl and
shriek category turning in a flawless performance of insane vocal disorder.
Secondly is their choice of samples from the cartoon madness of "Lester"to the
Dr. Evil intro of "Roadkill," they're the most humorous and inventive since
Blood Duster's " the Dead." Oh yeah they can play too. Ultimately "Watch
Me Burn" play a modern brand of Grindcore with jazz breaks with more than a few
surprises to keep the average metaller interested. One can only imagine what
these freaks come up with when they manage to record a whole album, you have
been warned.
MUSIC EXTREME, Argentina
Summer 2002, Review by Federico Marongiu
This is an extremely brutal band, especially in the screaming vocals...they are
brutal as hell!!!. This woman reminds me a little bit to Holy Moses Sabina
Classen because of the energy and that she uses in the vocals. In
fact she is amazingly bestial through the three tracks that are on this MCD. The
music is also very extreme and changes rhythms a lot, from slow to fast, then
back to slow and then fast again and maybe then even faster. There is also an
ultraheavy guitar sound that combines perfectly with the bass that has a cleaner
sound and contrasts with them. The drummer is hyper fast and knows how to make
tight rhythm changes that are essential in Watch Me Burns music. But the spirit
and soul here are the savage vocals which in five minutes (that is what this MCD
lasts) smash your brain against the wall. Here we have intensity and brutality
!!! !!! Now we want a full length from this savage band from hell.
EMG REVIEW #8
October 2002
Lets talk about this very promising band from Burbank, CA called Watch Me Burn.
Formed in Nov. 2000, here their first definetely nuts record. They described
themselves as Dirty-sludgy-crusty-grind-thrash with a hint of psychedelical
ambience. 3 songs in this 5 minutes CD but very interesting content: a lot of
rhythm changes, a girl named Sawa really screaming without any melody, and big
heavy parts near of stoner metal. This crazy tattooed band already shared the
stage with actus such as Cattle Decapitation and Pig Destroyer and I am sure
they will get a deal very soon because theirmusic is really impressive. Please
check out their raw music on their website: www. watchmeburn.com and you wont
be disappointed at all. Believe me...Fast and furious music, a fresh air in the
suffocating world of grind.
(All reviews written verbatim.)