"As a matter of fact, the sound and production on this disc is nothing short but flawless."
- PoisonFree.com
"Their CD packaging is fucking PRO but this is an anti-copyright! Fucking cool! And I salute you guys! Nothing to comment about! 1000 percent underground!"
- No Bullshit Zine
"The thumbs go clearly up this way. Score: 8.0 out of 10 points."
- Neckbreaker.de
"Both De Waonzin and Nuestros Derechos come from Holland and focus on a mix of classic Thrash Metal and basic Core elements. (...) Nuestros Derechos stands a little bit more on the Metalcore side, with sufficient aggression backed by mad grooves. (...) An interesting release! Score: 4.5 out of 5"
- metal-temple.com
"Riff machines they are! (...) Those bands would go down well at any festival I think, they immediately set you in a party atmosphere raging! Well, anyone who likes his or her portion of speeding thrash, punk, garage metal, go get it!"
- PrettiesForYou.de
"One might holds the large futures of the thrash scene here with this release. In any case, this split CD is more than promising!"
- ArsMetallia.net
"A nice split of two Utrecht based bands which, concerning the set-up, texts and music, immediately recalls the hay days of the thrash/hardcore crossover. An era in which bands did everything themselves as much as possible, ignored musical rules and strived to sound as fast and loud as possible. (...) Both bands are completely matched for each other. When Municipal Waste comes touring again, I know two suitable support acts."
- Metal magazine Aardschok
"The music is offered quite competently, even professionally, and not influenced by the production (meaning this release is crystal clear and beautifully broad arranged!). And so a collective moshparty starts between the domestic four walls with high speed bomb shells like "Lords of Destruction" and the melodicly floating "AO Godverdomme" (both by De Waonzin). And with the old school thrash contributions by Nuestros Derechos like "D.I.Y.", "De Strop" - exhilarated with melodies - or the somewhat throttled hommage to Kreator's Mille "Erase Me", nothing stands in the way."
- ADL.at
"Clearly rooted in thrash metal, both bands are quite convincingly with unbridled energy and catchyness. Who would have thought so? Yet one may enjoy the well structured aggression in the form of a successful heavy metal bombardment.. The Dutch projectiles, highly recognizable, have brilliant quality and trickle down on the listener that way. (...) Wonderful, if you think the whole metalcore circus has become too boring, you should absolutely check out these guys from Holland. (...) Metal to the Bones. Killer!!!"
- SchwerMetall.ch
"Both troops are very rich of ideas, refreshingly uncramped and go directly to the core. And the energy, which is provided by four songs per band, might function rather ingeniously when converted to live situations, since in particular Nuestros Derechos' mosh factor is very high. This well produced, small underground juwel, which is limited to 500 copies world-wide, can be ordered for 8 euros here!"
- BloodDawn.de
"Both bands have written thrash metal with clean hardcore influences on their flag! (...) Nuestros Derechos provide their speed more varied and have a tidy impact like Kreator, also the singer sounds nearly as good as Mille! (...) For people who are down with the underground, this split CD is a good thing."
- HMBreakDown.de
"[This CD] contains four hard as nails old-school ultra-heavy thrash songs by each band, mixed with hardcore/punk influences, or the other way around - whatever you prefer. With artwork that could very well have been Slayer's and a title that gives away a certain predilection for Metallica, these gentlemen do not hide their inspirational sources and actually that doesn't matter a single bit. Provided with a lovely ragged production, this disc rams, splits, stomps, batters, swirls, breaks, hammers, saws and rages over you like a 4 Sherman tank."
- FileUnder.nl
"It's perfect to bang your head on"
- KindaMuzik.net
"Split 'em All" is a beautiful round split with two bands that are well-matched. (...) However, in no way are Nuestros Derechos inferior to De Waonzin.The message is clear, song titles like "D.I.Y." and "Erase Me" speak clearly enough. Musically Nuestros Derechos put pure metal against it. The double bass hammers, the bass guitar hums and the guitars fiddel beautiful melodies or shred fat riff to bang your head on. This disk rocks!
- www.wltu-music.de
They have demonstrated to know how to compose dragging and damn incisive songs, very well played and produced, and their interpretation even renders them bloody more aggressive. "Split ' Em All" is an interesting MCD, that offers you to discover two valid groups from the Dutch underground.
- www.shapeless.it
So you know what to expect, yet this record sounds far from cliche. One of the reasons is both bands have decided to not choose an eighties production. Mastering was even handled by Alan Douches, who has worked for greats like Sepultura and Sick Of It All. Because of these elements this CD sounds just great. On top of that both bands proove to play fine pieces of thrashcore. Lots of tempos, lots of fun, just great. The songs are comfortable to listen to, in particular the melodic parts stand out. This record comes to me as a big surprise. (...) Recommened to all fans of thrash and hardcore. Split 'Em All rules! Score: 80/100
- ZwareMetalen.com
Each track sounds full and fat. Muscially, the gentlemen sound remarkably the same. According to their own words six pack De Waonzin play eclectic, melodic thrash - a well-put description. Three piece Nuestros Derechos (meaning ‘Our Rights’) play perhaps a bit more technically and diversely, but do not change very much from the style of their colleagues. That's well done with such a stripped down line-up. (...) Nuestros' drummer is a bit tighter, though both skin bashers play very nice including fast fills and pumped up thrash rhythms.
- MusicFrom.nl
For both bands counts that the songs are not only thrashing but also are groovy as fuck. Raw and shouty vocals, aggressive riffs and up tempo beats. These are bands that are mainly meant to play live but I think they succeeded in transforming their sound to this disc.
- Brutalism.com
This limited edition (a mere 500 copies) proves that somewhere in the depts of the Utrecht underground, by means of a solid DIY-attitude, ground trembling metalpunk is being created.
- PlanetTrash.nl
Tracks Split 'Em All
Release info
Recorded by Menno Bakker at Bunt Studios, Utrecht, The Netherlands in May 2005.
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, New Jersey, United States in September 2005.
Tracks 1-4 by De Waonzin, tracks 5-8 by Nuestros Derechos.
