IR8 vs. Sexoturica
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IR8 vs. Sexoturica is a compilation of two short recordings made by Jason Newsted with colloborations from Devin Townsend, Andreas Kisser and Tom Hunting. Robb Flynn was also involved with Sexoturica at one stage but it is unknown as to whether or not he contributed to any final recordings.
[edit] Biography
IR8 features the trio of Jason Newsted on bass and vocals, Devin Townsend playing guitar Exodus and "Toxic" Tom Hunting on drums. Originally recorded in 1994, Colossus, Nothing, and Black on Black are three original tracks of a slightly better than demo quality. The music works as a more aggressive version of traditional thrash (other than the doomish opening track "Colossus"). Newsted uses a very brutal vocal approach without sounding like a conventional death metal singer. A comparison could be made to David Vincent of Morbid Angel's deep, semi-spoken delivery evidenced on tracks such as God of Emptiness.
Sexoturica was deployed a year later, with Andreas Kisser of Sepultura replacing Townsend. The music has more of a punk vibe than IR8 but is in places distincly similar to that on the earlier recording. The band name comes from a combination of the three participants main bands Sepultura-Exodus-Metallica.
It was in 2002 that Newsted finally decided to release the two recordings on a single split release.
