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BURIAL GROUNDGRAVERegain Records CDFuck yeah, new stuff from good old Grave! From the very beginning you can easily guess that I am totally into these old dogs of the Underground and rightfully so; one of the oldest and yet still active represents of godly Swedeath scene is here to kick the asses of all the old schoolers out there with their 9th full length. To clear out one fact at the very start - Grave didn't change anything in their well known approach to Death fucking Metal and I don't think that, at this point of their career, it will ever happen. What Grave did on "Burial ground" is just to take the basic ingredients of their sound and try to hone it to perfection the best they could and I must say that I, as an old Grave fan, am more than satisfied as "Burial ground" continues down the succesful route of their latest couple of releases after the slightly dissapointing period from „Hating life“ up to „Fiendish regression“. I must admit that I feel a bit at loss for words when I need to describe the sound of Grave since they are so admired in Metal circles but for those uninitiated I will say that Grave still performs Death in the ancient Swedish way; I must notice that they have reached way deep in the chasms of their rich discography so this album sounds like a cross between „Into the grave“ and „You’ll never see...“. Maybe the greatest deal of that statement comes from the production work (courtesy of vocalist Ola and drummer Ronnie at Studio Soulless – from the name I would guess that it is their own studio) which possess that cryptic feeling with murky guitars so characteristic for older Grave stuff. But also I can say that even the riff work is more primitive in comparing to their latest couple of albums and it should be noted that one can hear whole lot of doomy sections which add whole lot to overall morbidity, and that culminates in haunting title track – my personal highlight of the album. The tempo and arrangements are simple but thought out and very effective so you got your old school right there. One more cool feature about this album is that there are two guests: Matti (Dismember) did guest vocals on „Dismembered mind“ and Karl (Nile) contributed guest solo on „Bloodtrail“ – the guys are probably friends from that killer Nile / Grave / Belphegor tour (I’m very happy to witness the gig in Belgrade). Also trend which Grave practices: to re-record one of their old demo tracks continued here, and this time they have picked „Sexual mutilation“ from the same titled 1989. demo. I think that I should not waste no more words – Grave are still going strong with their new release and show no signs of fatigue. Death Metallers, get ready to get this as soon as it is out as „Burial ground" will be one of the key releases in 2010. in this field. Trifunovic Slobodan (8.5) |
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