Anthology
Track Listing:
1. Lyrics That May Offend the Honkys
2. Burn Winnipeg to the Fucking Ground
3. If Assholes Could Fly, This Place Would Be An Airport
4. Pro-Abortion, Anti-Christ
5. A Dying Hope for a Gender Exclusive Scene
6. I May be P.C. (whatever the fuck that means), But You're a Goddamn Poseur
7. More Lyrics That May Offend the Honkys
8. You're Not Old School, You're Just Old
9. Christian Metal = Nazi Reggae
10. Riel
11. I Heard Songs About Animal Rights Aren't Cool Anymore
12. Ruins
13. If They Hated Me, They Will Hate You
14. Scathe
15. Overcome By... plus additional, shittier sounding tracks
Hailing from Winnipeg, Swallowing Shit was a side-project
for many of the city’s punk/metal elite. Featuring past and future members of bands
like I Spy, Malefaction, Head Hits Concrete, and Propagandhi, Swallowing Shit
became the logical conclusion of a hyper-political, metal-obsessed city whose
main concern was the political messages carried in their music. Whether you call them grindcore or
power-violence, this group took everyone to task in their brief and chaotic
songs. From “Burn Winnipeg to the
Fucking Ground” to “Pro Abortion, Anti Christ”, Swallowing Shit welcomed
controversy and discussion about their lyrics.
What I doubt they expected was the enacting of a century-old ordinance prohibiting
challenges to the church that barred them from playing within the Winnipeg city
limits, but that’s exactly what they got.
I mentioned living in a musical bubble at the beginning of
this review, and what I meant by that was this:
Swallowing Shit meant the world to me. I mean it. I would listen to their discography for hours
on end, deciphering and memorizing lyrics, reading liner notes, and playing
them for everyone I knew. That being
said, they honestly didn’t seem to make that big of an impact outside of my
inner circle of friends. I know that
they’ve been praised for their releases to a certain degree, but I honestly
thought they were within the top 5 most important metal bands of all time. Now, I was 17 and prone to hyperbole, but that
was my honest opinion, and that opinion still holds true to this day. I may be way off, but when it comes to things
like this who is to say.
So if you are an impressionable, politically active teenager
I can’t recommend this release highly enough. If you are a fan of grincore,
power violence, or aggressive/atheist/intelligent lyrics, then this is also the
record for you.
...but if you don’t at least smirk at the lyric “Your god is
dead, we ate what we couldn’t fuck!”, then you sir/madam, are probably going to
hate this album.
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