A farting gift - A review of 66Samus' Fart Metal

After ridiculous releases like Penis Metal by Hades Archer, one thought one had heard it all but there is always a desperate soul begging for attention who manages to make matters worse. Sam Paulicelli is a talented multi-instrumentalist involved in numerous international low-key projects but that doesn't seem to be enough for him. Under the misunderstood disguise of humour, he has released numerous short singles under the 66Samus moniker in a lazy attempt to make some extra money. It's not as bad as Sloth that releases noisy sound collages on a daily basis which can only be explained by the assumption that somebody lost a bet to the creator and must purchase anything Sloth releases until the end of days but this project here is not a far cry away from the bottom. Fart Metal is the first single and already lowers the bar in such a way that it might never get worse. It's quite a statement to kick off a solo career with something as goofy, disgusting and childish.

I must admit that I had to laugh the first time I listened to this single and watched the goofy music video that came along with it. I didn't laugh because the song is so funny but because I couldn't believe that someone willingly decided to make himself look so utterly stupid on the internet. While the internet can be a helpful information source, it can just as often be considered as society's trash bin where people rudely insult others under fake pseudonyms to increase the self-esteem they can't get in their real everyday lives. That also happened to a certain degree to the creator of this song who was called insufferable and charmingly asked to fuck off and shut up. While such comments are yet again poorly veiled internet bullying, one has to admit that the creator of this song was obviously looking for controversial reactions. Someone who shouldn't have been looking for attention got reactions by those who shouldn't have been reacting. Unsurprisingly, some people really described this song as the coolest thing they have ever heard and claimed that it sounds much better than anything from Justin Bieber. The former statement unveils that the commentator must have an incredibly boring life to make such a statement while the latter underlines the stereotype that metal fans are quite closed-minded and vividly attack any artist who has commercial success and critical acclaim. That kind of song only seems to attract unlikable characters along some curious people.

As for the song itself, we have a vivid thrash metal song that doesn't even last ninety seconds intertwined with farts instead of vocals and a breakdown with diarrhea sounds to finish things on a dirty note. The instrumental work itself and especially the dynamic drum play is actually decent while the rest is a poor joke that lasts much too long.

The fact that I stumbled over this song, its music video and the numerous controversial reactions might prove that I'm spending too much time on the internet myself. Maybe the time has come to reduce time spent on the internet and focus on essential hobbies only or to take a constant break from it for quite a while. The only thing Fart Metal inspires me are face palms but I wouldn't be surprised if some desperate loner created something called barf metal in response to this.

Final rating: 10%