A Deleted Symphony

ANother in my series of posts on clear vinyl Relapse Records releases that I picked up recently, and this one I was very excited about.

'A Deleted Symphony For The Beaten Down' was the second full length from Soilent Green, a band who (until 5 minutes ago) I knew pretty much nothing about. I picked up on them back in the late 90s when Hydrahead Records put out their second album on vinyl, and back then I was really into what Hydrahead were doing and I was really into Soilent Green as they were really heavy but had a sound that was somehow different to most other bands of the day.

This record was their third LP from 2001, and I actually never heard it until recently. But when I saw it on the list of records available to buy, I was excited to finally get around to it.

If you have never heard this band before, then be prepared for something heavy. I found a reference online to them being 'a contradictory mixture of hardcore, sludge, grindcore and southern rock', which I could never have come up with myself, but which is a pretty good description.

Reading about them online today I discovered that they were from New Orleans, one of the members was murdered in 2004, and another was killed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. That's more than a fair share of tragedy for any band. Their last release was in 2008, and I have never heard that one either. Maybe one day...