gif. from god : "Dissimulation"

From the hype around this band, I went into this album expecting it to be totally unhinged, unlike anything I had heard before. It's pretty straightforward grindcore, with death metal trading off with higher-pitched screamed vocals. The second song finds a mathieir angular form of acrobatics touching the riffs, but nothing mind-bending. Are they fairly scathing andd rabid? Yes, but what grindcore band is not? "Life Like a Sickness" blends a cacophanous riff with hardcore chugging. 

"Turn From the Ruin" offers more melodic tones to better craft an actual song with, which also brings a crusty black metal sound to the mood.  'A Fucked Up Face' is a harsher outburst that focuses on the feral gnashing of teeth. This is carried over into "Your Sorrows Pin You to this Place", though there is a little more of an angular edge and purpose to the pounding. "A Gift From God' works for me as it is darker and more melodic, so in my wheelhouse. 

"Volatile Simian Nervous System" finds them back in the chaos, a little more atmosphere, and not just them attacking you. They revert to their more emo sidde which I enjoy with "Burnt House Horizon."They toy with a more dissonant vision of hardcore toward the end of the album with a dash of grindcore tossed in, a little like Portrayal of Guilt's early work, but not as dark. They close the album by getting back to their grindcore roots. I will give this album a 8, as I appreciate what they are doing but already have this need met in my life by bands who do it better, but for fans of experimental grindcore this is worth your time.Dropping April 16th on Prosthetic Records.

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