Festering Sore is a concept band centered around the lyrics of Jason Gortician (Gortician) and the music of Lord Vic (Rampage). It was presented as an actual three-piece band, consisting of Lance Boyle (Bass, Vocals), Ivan Kutchakockov (Guitar) and Uncle Fester (Drums). It was recorded and released in 2000, and was hailed as one of the greatest thrash releases of the previous ten years. 

01 Festering Sore - Mucous Membrane_Festering Sore.mp3
02 Festering Sore - Wanted_GOD - Dead Or Alive.mp3
03 Festering Sore - Soap.mp3
04 Festering Sore - Satanic Priest.mp3
05 Festering Sore - The Entity.mp3
06 Festering Sore - Human Cattle.mp3
07 Festering Sore - Silent Night_Dealy Night.mp3
08 Festering Sore - Barking Dogs_Dogcatcher.mp3
09 Festering Sore - Fuck A Dead Body.mp3
10 Festering Sore - Terror Firma_Chlorine For The Gene Pool.mp3
11 Festering Sore - 669.mp3
12 Festering Sore - Corprophagia.mp3
13 Festering Sore - Cellar of Horror.mp3
14 Festering Sore - Evil Dead.mp3
15 Festering Sore - Die Motherfucker.mp3
16 Festering Sore - Don't Burn The Witch (Venom Cover).mp3
17 Festering Sore - Orgy With The Dead (Gortician Cover).mp3

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Sample Reviews:

When first glancing at the song titles, I assumed that this would be goregrind, or some variation thereof, but this band harks back to the primordial ooze from whence extreme metal sprang - we're talking about total Venom and Sodom worship. Carpetburn riffs grate your brain like a mixture of fermenting cheese and bloody knuckles run through a rusty grater, while the vocalist's abrasive yet intelligible tone has that same sandpapery snarl as Chronos. Even the production has that brutally raw feel, with the bass guitar pumping along at an audible level while the unrefined guitars hammer out the roughedged riffs and engage in some ear-bleeding peelouts, a.k.a. solos. And is that some classic Slaughter (Surrender or Die!!) that I hear on "Human Cattle"?!? One thing that I really enjoyed about this release was that it manages to not only recapture the controlled chaos of early Venom, but also to recall how twistedly funny and perverse was this radical reaction to mainstream hard rock.

taken from Chaotic Critiques, written by Tate Bengtson. 



"Chlorine For The Gene Pool" (great title) is 72 minutes of disgustingly cool garage splatter-gore, courtesy of UHR's retaliatory response to those supergroups like Brujeria - FESTERING SORE.

Murderous weedfiends Uncle Fester (sledgehammer drums), Ivan Kutchakockov (geddit?...Chainsaw Guitar Wanking) and Lance Boyle (heheh... Meatcleaver Bass and Machette VoKILLS) have slain the sacrificial hamster and recorded 17 tracks in tribute to that seemingly long-dead concept - the party/garage death/thrash band. You know what I'm talking about - packing the pipes, stuffing the fridge full of the amber brew, plugging in the amps and bashing out some fucken METAL. Everyone knows rehearsals are for poofs. Same goes for soundchecks...and production.

Sound-wise, this is pretty raw stuff. Twanging bass lines, reminiscent of those found on Bathory's much maligned "Requiem" album, coupled with some very familiar vocals and guitar sounds (*wink*), and some solid, in-your-face tub thumping, courtesy of resident crack addict, Uncle Fester. Aside from the rockin' tribute to Ash & his life-impared buds ("Evil Dead"), there's also covers of Venom's "Don't Burn The Witch", and Gortician's "Orgy With The Dead". Jason Gortician will probably try to poison me for saying this, but the Festering Sore cover is even better than the original ;)

(Oh yeah...I'd normally say something about the *incredibly* apt cover art, but I'm afraid someone will recognise where that photo was taken.)

All in all, this is fucking cool stuff. If it doesn't get your head at least nodding along, you probably have no neck, and should probably seek medical advice...then kill yourself, just for fun.

written by Brett for Usenet (alt.rock-n-roll.metal.death).