Grief Ritual-Life is a Phase EP review
Grief Ritual-Life is a Phase EP review.
This writer loves a great dark and brooding band that offers
fucked-up sounds and is a challenging listen. Anything that is dissonant and on
the fringe is a great thing. Grief Ritual, an absolute solid blackened hardcore
band from South West England really deliver the goods with this 5 track classic
release.
FFO: Converge, Dragged into Sunlight and Cursed.
The vocals are shouty and angry and the guitar magic weaves a
web of both intrigue and head thrashing greatness. Opener Recidivist really
sets the dark embrace of this release; raw, yet subtle buildups and audio
plummets that keep you on your toes; I mean who doesn't love a great WTF? moment
in music. The darkness just builds even more as we shift into the epicness of
second track, Paroxysm. Whatever radioactive and psychoactive substance is
flowing in the water in the U.K.; I dig it-because similarily like Dragged into
Sunlight; any calming hugs quickly descends into psychotic madness. But in a
real calculated structure. This is so impressive. The third grenade launched by
the band is the torturous glory called Apatheism. In 1:22 minutes it does more
than most bands do in a career to convince you how skilled the band is, deadset
brilliance. Extant lineups up next, like a fucking Exocet missile, again
showcasing how proficient this band is. This perfectly matches the nastiness of
Converge with Cursed demented like wailings. Hardcore most definitely underpins
this unit; riffwise we most certainly have some definitive metal leanings, but
hardcore dominates the main steering wheel and that’s a winner for me. I also
detect some crust punk/hardcore influence as well; this just adds to the
embracing agitation presented here. Syncope closes the EP and this was the real
surprise as there was a phenomenal groove element to this track; something
legends like Napalm Death do so well. Combine this with some brief almost
ambient singing and a military-style crescendo and you have a perfect EP in my opinion. Stunning
work !!!.
Grab a copy asap from here:
Comments
Post a Comment