Hey brutal bangers,
I received
a lot of stuff in these last months and I am "forced" to talk about many releases in a
fast way, so here you are another episode with "
Honorable Mentions from the Abyss"!
I advise you that this new episode, as you will see soon, starts violently and closes even ultra-violently, so I suggest you to be very prepared this time!
Well,
are you ready? Yes or not,
LET'S GO!!!
GRID - "LIVSLEDA"
This new episode of "
Honorable Mentions from the Abyss" starts already with
extreme violence thanks to
Grid (
FB page), a
Swedish three-piece that
this year released their debut album "
Livsleda" through
Selfmadegod Records. They come from
Umeå, whose
hardcore punk scene is
very strong due to bands like
Refused or
Doughnuts, and these Grid
keep high the Umeå hardcore reputation. Basically, they play a
creative grindcore able to be not only ultra-violent as it should be but also very dynamic also because of not so common (for the genre, at least) influences. In fact, if
death metal,
hardcore punk and
crust/
d-beat are regular for every grindcore band worthy of this name, Grid made it more unpredictable and interesting with
black metal influences here and there and also with some
melodic hooks, as shown especially in the titletrack of "
Livsleda", that is a sort of instrumental having even atmospheric passages. In brief, "
Livsleda" is grindcore but also
something more without being experimental!
SANITY CONTROL - "WAR ON LIFE"
Another short debut full lenght and another massacre! This time you are going to know the existence of
Sanity Control (
FB page), 4 thrash maniacs from
Warsaw,
Poland, whose "
War on Life" was released
this year by
Seeing Red Records along with
Selfmadegod Rec. A
hammering thrash metal with some
hardcore punk tunes and with lyrics focused on social issues is what you can expect. The style of this band, that loves also the
mosh parts (exemplified at their best in the mid-tempo song "
Rope") is simple, a bit predictable and usually without guitar solos of any sort but, anyway, it's intense and genuine in the right way. In addition, Sanity Control play very similarly to
Injury Broadcast, an Italian band coming from my city,
Rome, so I can say
I feel quite at home when I listen to Sanity Control haha!
ANTIPATHIC - "COVERED WITH RUST"
Now it's time to talk about a self-released EP I received during the
fukken quarantine: "
Covered with Rust" by
Antipathic (
FB page). For you, what could be the style played by this
US/
Italian duo, judging by a cover artwork clearly paying homage to the
Cannibal Corpse's "
Butchered at Birth"? YES, it's
US brutal death metal, nothing more, nothing less! It's played sometimes with
thrash metal riffs, tongue-twisting vocals and with some
slamming parts (and you know I'm not so into the slamming brutal death...), with the addition of a sick mood. Unfortunately,
I don't like so much the general result because, for example, of weak drums that seem to be a drum-machine. Anyway, the EP contains the participation of the guest singer
Bob Hodgins (
Human Repentance) in "
Inexorable Hierarchy" and also the presence of two covers: "
Don't Care" by
Obituary and "
Covered with Sores" by the same
Cannibal Corpse, both respectively entitled "
IDGAF" and "
Covered with Rust". But
what is the sense of these title changes?
DIABOLIC OATH - "PROFANE DEATH EXODUS"
Closing the circle, this episode of "
Honorable Mentions from the Abyss" ends with a
more extreme, almost
excessive,
violence thanks to "
Profane Death Exodus", the debut album of
Diabolic Oath (
FB page), a
US trio coming from the very vital scene of
Portland,
Oregon (
Ritual Necromancy,
Shroud of the Heretic,
Weregoat, and the list could continues
endlessly!). Released by
Sentient Ruin Laboratories, "Profane Death Exodus" is a strange creature which starts from a
bestial black/death metal formula to create something very abominable, dissonant and oppressive but also able to be dynamic and a lot violent. And you have to think that this album is closed by a monumental track like "
Chalice of Conquering Blood", a 10-minute tour de force of
rare proportions! Combining
Teitanblood,
Necroblood and
Revenge in a single deadly solution, "
Profane Death Exodus" is the
new strike of a label of the calibre of
Sentient Ruin Lab, which
rarely miss a beat!
THE BANDS:
GRID
SANITY CONTROL
ANTIPATHIC
DIABOLIC OATH
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