The sticker on this album reads: "For fans of Botch, Pig Destroyer and Premonitions of War". While I don't completely agree with those stickers, nor should anyone be convinced by them, the bands referenced clearly have an influence on Gaza. "I Don't Care Where I Go When I Die" is the band's debut release on Black Market Activities and the label is really on a damn fine streak right now.
This is an album that is to be taken in stride, maybe not one that can be listened to from beginning to end all in one sitting. I say this because Gaza, although in their own realm of extreme, are hard to swallow at times. You get the intensity of Pig Destroyer, the here and there groove riffs of premonitions, and the abstract writing of Botch.
With some noise elements thrown into the mix, Gaza are out to give people migraines of the best sort. This is a band that understands that you can go where ever you damn well please with music. They manipulate their own sound with off tempo riffs, blurred sound, and throw dissonant zig-zags every which way with a maddening assault of vocals to give voice to this abomination.
This is a hard album to take in but the talent is there, these guys aren't afraid to experiment with abrasive music. The experimental aspects might confuse and annoy some but this wasn't an album they made to be accessible. This could very well be one of those love or hate discs but make sure you give "I Don't Care Where I Go When I Die" a good listen.
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