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music from this incredible label that is putting out
some of the fiercest music this side of history. I
was seriously under the assumption that their output was
heavily concentrated in wild hardcore and non-moronic
punk rock but I guess not. Youth Attack seem to embrace
the freest of subgenres, the more alienating the sounds
the better. It does not seem to be a matter of having no
boundaries but of concentrating on music that will not
pass the standards of anyone with a dislike for zero
structures and pure guts.
Grinning
Death’s Head is pretty metal though. Black metal to be more
precise. But think not melodies, orchestration, heaviness,
slowness or any look at all. Matter of fact, this Georgia band
seems to be running away from it all. I searched and searched.
And then I searched for some more but I could not come upon much
information regarding the band.
I know this
much; No Afterlife is their first full-length, it follows
a self-titled 2008 demo and there are two members to this band;
drummer CC and guitarist and vocalist JW. Never has the absence
of a bassist been so heartfelt. And I say that because black
metal has never sounded so piercing and harsh. This is like nails on a
chalkboard piercing.
Get past that
and it is still difficult to dig tunes like “Carrion” and “Will
to Die”. The listener struggles because the rawness of the
recording blocks most of the playing and because the vocals are
so high in the mix they obscure all the real work that went into
the music. It does not help that all the vocal lines are
delivered in the same senseless, violent, soul-tearing, in your
face fashion song after song after song. And of course, there
are vocals nearly every second.
The music is
fast and with the absolute absence of heaviness and a low end,
cymbals shine through and the guitars adopt this killer blurry
edge. Grinning Death’s Head sounds almost like the anti-thesis
of bands like Depihago and Teitanblood. At least, this music is
just as impenetrable.
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