Mammoth Grinder is a kind of super-group bands that, for me personally, are superior to the constituent members’ major bands. Off the highest of my head, bands like Black Curse and Stormkeep are different nice examples. Do not get me flawed, I’ve a variety of respect for Energy Journey and the assorted different originating outfits of this band. However one thing about Mammoth Grinder‘s tackle excessive music simply pulls collectively the appropriate threads to weave a wonderful sonic tapestry. And that is particularly evident on the band’s new EP, Timeless Spectral Resonance.
Whereas among the band’s earlier efforts extra conspicuously displayed their hardcore roots, this EP fully subsumes that spirit right into a purely metallic expertise. Apparently the band put a variety of effort into shaping their imaginative and prescient right here, as mainman Chris Ulsh notes: “On all our different data, I used to be sad with the earlier one and there was stuff that I needed to alter. This time, I knew what the band ought to sound like. However principally, I feel I used to be making an attempt to show to myself that I may nonetheless write one thing that was nasty, that I assumed was sick, punky demise metallic.”
From the very outset, you may inform there’s one thing totally different about this launch. Apparently Demigod was an enormous affect on them this time round, and you’ll undoubtedly hear that come by way of together with echoes of Dismember, Asphyx, and different demise metallic staples. Nonetheless, there’s just a few different components at play within the opening observe “Corpse of Divinant.” In accordance with Ulsh: “The bridge riff was tremendous impressed by the US black metallic band Demoncy. It’s sort of jarring, nevertheless it’s my favourite half.” Go to the 1:38 mark and you may hear it immediately. So DAMN GOOD. Do extra of this!
Likewise, the brutal simplicity of the title observe recollects the ferocity of Bestial Devastation and Morbid Visions-era Sepultura, whereas the observe’s energy has refined notes of Bolt Thrower combined in as nicely. It is an actual crusher, and the explanation you go to a band like this.
After an eerie and cinematic interlude observe we have now “Lower The Peace” (heh, cool identify). This one turns up the stomp-and-groove issue, with guitar tones that recall peak-era Entombed at their slower moments whereas delivering the ability of bands like Jungle Rot, Vader, and Obituary. I suppose this tune most-closely evokes the superior paintings; the demonic beast rising out of his lair to feast upon the harmless!
Lastly, the band presents us with “Obsessed With Dying,” maybe essentially the most energizing observe on the discharge. With regards to fashionable, straighforward demise metallic, you would be arduous pressed to discover a finer instance than this rousing quantity.
The one disappointing factor concerning the launch is that it is solely an EP. The band does such a unbelievable job right here that it leaves me wanting extra. However I suppose that is an ideal marker of success as nicely. The band is completely on the appropriate path with this method and will proceed leaning into influences like Demigod and Demoncy because the proceed to push their sound ahead. Extra of the identical, please.
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