Kotzaak Unltd.

Kotz 0 - Leathernecks - Test Attack

"Zero" is an odd catalogue number, so i guess it somehow predates the creation of the label (maybe a "test" release, as the name says)?
The classic "at war" is on here, a diss track against a huge german 90s label.
Rough gabber-terror-stuff.

71 / 100

Kotz 1 - Stickhead - Slaughterhouse E.P.

The later kotzaak by miro releases usually get much more love, but I think these early one's have their merits, too.
Proto-Speedcore-Terror, still very much tied to the gabber sound.

41 / 100

Kotz 2 - Stickhead - World's Hardest Kotzaak

Things are building up now. With tracks like "check dis mutha down" or the eponymous "kotzaak", miro is arriving at his trademark death metal inspired ultra-violent, ultra-somber sound.

72 / 100

Kotz 3 - Dogge Team - We Came To Hool

Apart from the test attack, this is the only release by marc on kotzaak.
A very unusual "terror" release; it's a bit as if his earlier pcp music got the ultra-speed, ultra-distortion treatment.

38 / 100

Kotz 4 - Jack Lucifer - I Am Living Death

This is essentially the starting point at which miro began introducing icy, tenebrous, "gothic" synth sounds to his tracks.
A track to look out for is "95 knights", one of his best works, that led to quite a few remixes later.

70 / 100

Kotz 5 - Stickhead - Gimme Death E.P.

Stickhead is at work again. More dutch-Gabber-influenced "terror" this time, yet fierce as hell.

52 / 100

Kotz 666 - Jack Lucifer - 96 Knights

The big one's coming! 96 knights is probably the epitome of the "hardcore terror" sound and scene.
One of the most beloved pcp outputs ever.
While the majority would go for the "into the death" mix, i actually think the flip side is even one tiny notch better.

666 / 100

Kotz 7 - Stickhead & Don Demon - Once Upon A Time In Frankfurt

Another legendary release.
Some of the most intricate, serpentine, monumental compositions in hardcore - with very high "production values".
Should be the right thing for any terror-head's frightened heart.

100 / 100 (a perfect release!)

Kotz 8 - The Kotzaak Klan - Powerstation Kotzaak

After the complex kotz 7, this is slightly more reduced, direct, a "straight rush to the brain". It could even be that these tracks were "live produced".
Adrenaline- inducing hardcore overdose.

88 / 100

Kotz 9 - Bold Bob - Dive Into Steel

Bolb bob is at it now. More monotonous, more hypnotic, but still quite grand.

69 / 100

Kotz 10 - Jack Lucifer - Console From Hell

I think this was released *after* the end of pcp?
A very out-of-the-ordinary combination of death metal and hardcore - with "synthesized" guitars, growling vocals, and devoid of "gabber" drums.

41 / 100