For every ten bands carefully following prescribed trends, there's one that just wants to tear shit up. Consider this band’s moniker: Sure, names like METALUCIFER and even BIBLE OF THE DEVIL seem uncompromising on the surface, but putting the word “Fuck” right in your name kinda puts all the cards on the table, doesn’t it? This trio (Askorpin Bastard – Drums, Fuckin’ Gorilla – guitar/vox, Johnny Pain Is Dead- bass) isn’t looking to be the next American Idol darlings, that’s for sure.

As much as I love the trashy Diablo-bimbo vibe of the CD and the tight, grimy execution, it doesn’t take too many spins to figure out that FUCKLAND has two speeds: fast and faster. It’s the type of CD that you stick on, and before you know it you're already sitting through track 10. The drummer bashes away with a brutally simple approach, making a joke out of most tick ‘n kick-obsessed “metal god” drummers on the Candlelight and Nuclear Blast rosters with their bajillion-dollar kits. It’s ZEKE / DWARVES-style speedpunk with a quick wail here and there come guitar solo time (check out "Everybody Hates Me", for example). There’s no lacking in intensity, but like much of the Swedish D-beat stuff of the late 90s, there’s not a lot lingering song-wise once the smoke clears. Personally, I’d like to hear some chugging, mosh-friendly slowdown riffs to help accentuate the speeding lunacy that FUCKLAND delivers so well. This one lays a solid foundation, but I’m looking forward to more lights and darks next time.