Review: Kotzaak Unltd. - …Like A Raging Bull (KOTZ CD 01)

A CD that compiles the best - and the hardest, darkest - of Kotzaak tracks.

If you are new to the label (or new to Planet Core Productions), this CD is an apt introduction.
And yeah, the music really slams you like - A Raging Bull.
I reviewed most of the tracks elsewhere; but PCP also packed a whole bunch of "previously unreleased" tracks onto this one, which is a nice move indeed.
So let us look at these:

Stickhead - Intro
A similar, but also new and different track to the intro of one of the earliest vinyls.
I love this one, as it has a kind of "hip hop", slowed down breakbeat. But the super dark, super bass heavy kotzaak synths at the same time!
A few years before the rise of "Death Hop"

The Kotzaak Klan - Locked Inside
I think not all releases on Kotzaak have the style that is associated with the label. The Stickhead / Don Demon / Jack Lucifer type.
The early releases were different, and the later releases were different.
Fans of this style can rejoice, because this is actually a track of the deep "Kotzaak Style", that you might not have heard before!

Stickhead - Sadistic Base (K.K. Liveversion)

I've seen Kotzaak live a few times, and it always stood out to me that they had a true live concept. They did not just "press play", but they had a true live band which turned the thing into more like a death metal concert.
And the tracks were completely different versions to the original tracks - "live versions"!
So it's extra nice some of these live tracks can be found on here.
And this is one of them.

Stickhead - Check This Mutha Down (K.K. Liveversion)

The same is true for this one.
The bass might not be as heavy as the vinyl version, but it is more frantic, hectic - adrenaline shot!

Bold Bob - Terminated (Remix)

Much, much more brutal than the vinyl original!
The terminator is coming to crush you.