Rapid Fire Reviews!!!
Sometimes when the review pile gets too big (like it is now), I'll set up a firing squad, and we'll knock down 5 or more records at once. How's that sound? Good? Fuck you if it doesn't. Here we go.
Man, I wanted this to be better than it was. I loved all the Tomb of the Mutilated style the guitars present from time to time, but there's also some wandering, widdly playing that I didn't care for at all. Nor did I really care for the songwriting, although the musicianship is fine. Sometimes it's just too slow for me, the doom-ish parts kind of bored me. Too often it sounded like a band tuning its instruments, with those riffs not really hitting home. I did, however, love the vocals, especially the deep guttural growl. The vocal work is stellar.
This is a bad motherfucker right here! Seriously fucking heavy brutal death metal that never relents, and it only slows down to smash your fuckin' skull to pieces before speeding up again. Some of the dissonant riffs on here I didn't like, but they disappear fast into the madness. The vocalist is an absolute BEAST. I'd like to see how loud he is live, whether those vocals emanate from the diaphragm or from the throat. He has an interesting style. This band does blasting brutality better than most bands that try it. I hear some Gorgasm influence, perhaps some Immolation as well. This is top shelf stuff.
I'm hoping a CD version of this comes soon, or even better: vinyl. Gutricyde is easily one of my favorite bands of the moment, with total brutality delivered with mid-paced groove almost entirely. It's heavy as fuck! The vocals are deep and punishing, and the double bass (programmed) drums pummel like a hammer without sounding artificial. This band writes catchy riffs that stick in your head and make you move. I instantly get "death metal face" when I hear them - you know what I mean! This is great, simplistic death metal, and you should check it out. They remind me slightly of Gutted from Toledo, OH but with more brutal vocals. That's another of my favorite bands, so that is indeed a compliment. The cover art is excellent also.
Edit: Since sending this to the band, they wrote back to me saying that CD, and 3 variations of vinyl are all available via their Bandcamp site. Guess what I'm ordering!!!
gutricyde.bandcamp.com
Incredible cover art, incredible vocals. I didn't like the riffing very much, unfortunately, as it dwells firmly in the dissonant camp, and tended to wander a lot. The musicianship is high-level here, however, so if you enjoy that aspect of death metal, definitely check this out. It is indeed unique-sounding with an original playing style, but I just couldn't get into it.
As far as I know this is a digital-only release, so I'd love to see it in CD form. It's something I'd buy to check it out. The cover art is 100% badass. The music itself is blazing, blasting brutality, and it's fairly well done even though it's been done before by a lot of bands. The pingy snare sound is a bit annoying since it's seeing heavy use with all the blast beats. I'd like to hear them develop their songs a bit more. Sometimes their riffs veer into the dissonant, which I didn't like, but they keep to straight brutal death metal more often than not.
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