Brutal Days is the latest release of the band Excision that is more-or-less a one-man project of Jeff from Kekal. This album is a re-release of their cassette only demos Manipulation of Response ('97) and The Quality of Mankind ('98). This is a crazy mix of death metal, industrial noise, and a lot of experimental raging that is hard to pigeonhole. The vocals range from ultra-low death growls to extremely distorted industrial vocals, to some spoken vocals. There is a lot of blasting going on here, but unfortunately it's drum machine material. The overall feel is somewhat similar to Kekal at times, but more chaotic. This is a fairly enjoyable listen and should hold fans over until the release of their new album in late '02, which is supposed to be quite a drastic style change.
