By: Ross Gnarly
When it comes to goregrind nowadays, it is pretty much hit or miss. Most of the time, bands that were formed within the last five or six years who practice the art of goregrind are going to bore me. I’m not sure why, but I much more prefer Dead Infection and old Carcass. Of course, I am often proven wrong. When I was introduced to Grog I was not expecting to be as blown away as I was. These guys definitely work the goregrind aspect but they also border on a lot of straight up brutal death metal. Their music is fast and destructive and from the intro track “Toia Mai” I knew I was in for something interesting. “Toia Mai” is actually tribal chanting which slowly leads into what lies beyond. What lies beyond? Brutal aggression! The first actual track is “Beyond The Freakish Scene” and it is a punishing array of brutal grind. Technical riffing and complex, pulverizing drumming lead this album off the right way. The vocals are low, guttural growls that put a certain aspect of sheer terror into the music. Despite this being so brutal, there is still a lingering amount of melody hidden in this. Nice. Throughout the album there are amazing tracks with some unbelievably fantastic riffing. That is something I love about this band, songs like “Split 3 To Share,” “Hanged By The Cojones,” “Stream of Psychopathic Devourment” and “Anal Core” all have amazing, catchy guitar parts even though they are still grinding, furious death metal tracks, they still have catchiness and technicality to them. [Continue Reading]
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