Gravity Chasm : "s/t"

While I have had more albums lined up than in previous years, January finds me often giving an album I might not be otherwise inclined to check out a listen. Such is a case from this math-rock metal machine. They are billed as being technical death metal, but that is only one part of what they are. Death-grind might be another element in play as we dissect their chaotic attack. The bass cuts through more than every death metal band. Really, aside from the vocals, I am not hearing it by the time we get to "Sassquelch". I think if these songs were all two minutes or under, they might be faster to concede this as grindcore. But they are more like the Locust, than Morbid Angel. 

One thing that impresses me about this band is how their bass tone cuts through everything. By the time we get to "Life Cycle," chaos is reigning as speed takes over, making things a blurred mess. They allow the weird to play a larger role in "Psilocybinary" which is obviously about taking mushrooms. Then speed and aggression begin to muddy the water, ir order to keep intensity the primary focus. It feels more like chaotic hardcore than metal, even with the technical aspects in play.

"Dilated Time" has some intersting sounds in the mix to provide a little more atmosphere coloring. Though everything is harshly in your face here. The album closes with the longest song, the almost six-minute 'Decompiled." The guitars are jerking you around with dizzying speed and angular dissonance. The drummer gets credit for holding this mess together. There is a great deal going on, but without giving me anything to hold onto, just a barrage of crazy sounds. I will give this an 8 as it's intersting and intense.