Salut,
La tape de GRIPE continue de circuler,
et voici plusieurs chroniques:
BRAINDEAD Webzine (Fra)
Let's get straight to the point, this Athens/Georgia based band is playing power violence infused grindcore and they're damn good at what they do. Riffs that hook you right in with a fat, crunchy kind of sound, I find the production to be really top notch in a rugged but heavy sort of way. Vocalist is screaming at the top of his lungs here and spilling some serious rage, I can almost picture this guy's temporal vein throbbing from stress. Swift and fast drumming, predominantly blasting at exhilarating speeds but often switching tempos or sceeching to slower but still raging hardcore style crushing slow parts that seem like the band's charging up on anger until the next surge of assaultive blastbeats... As for influences Infest seems to be it for the power-violence side of things as well more modern grind like Wormrot, maybe Magrudergrind... I would say these guys could be up there with these names. Good, concise song-writing that consistently hits the spot in a seriously violent fashion.
"The future doesn't need you" is Gripe's first demo that came out last year on which they're only a 3-piece. It's available on tape from
http://visceralcircuitry.bigcartel.com/ and downloadable for free
http://gripe.bandcamp.com/album/the-fut ... t-need-you The band's added a bass player to their line-up (something which seems to get rarer and rarer these) for their second demo "Pig Servant"
http://grindcorekaraoke.com/album/pig-servant which is equally good, and maybe slightly sharper sounding... (although I think I dig the brutish guitars sound a little better on this first demo, as well as the snappier drums) They've also got a short split with Chulo (pretty
amazing columbian grindcore) out on floppy disc (what the fuck?) If you're at the end of your rope, totally desperate and pissed off at everything, this one band should be ideal to vent off some of your frustrations!
ZANN'S MUSIC Blog
Ah, los placeres simples de la vida. Diez temas en poco más de doce minutos, un arte de tapa en blanco y negro, un baterista nervioso, una guitarra mugrienta, un vocalista que grita hasta sentir la sangre en la garganta y el sello de calidad de Grindcore Karaoke detrás de este debut de Gripe. ¿Se imaginan por dónde vienen los tiros? Sin ser una oda a la originalidad ni reinventar la rueda, estos oriundos de Athens, Georgia (hogar de R.E.M.), se las arreglan para presentar una interesante cruza de Grindcore, Powerviolence, Hardcore y Crust que toma los elementos más rabiosos y primitivos de dichos estilos y los funde en vertiginosas bolas de puro odio sin adulterar. Resuenan ciertos ecos del glorioso “Scum” pero también las estructuras caóticas y los ocasionales rebajes del Poderviolencia más cavernario (Infest, No Comment), un nada despreciable saborcito al Hardcore acelerado y salvaje de clásicos bostonianos como Siege o Deep Wound, la típica suciedad y las visiones apocalípticas del viejo Crust británico y hasta algunos riffs disonantes que no desentonarían en propuestas extremas más actuales. Todo envuelto en un sonido crudo, áspero pero con la suficiente claridad como para no perder energía, y expresado con una potencia imparable, una sensación constante de histeria descontrolada que hace hervir la sangre y castiga la mente con pinturas de un futuro negro, violento y opresivo. En fin, material extremo, que rescata glorias del pasado y las pone al día con una naturalidad y una intensidad que barren con la mera idea de revival. Amantes de la velocidad, la roña, la agresión, el frenetismo y los futuros distópicos, a por esta belleza.
LAST WORL LOBO (Blog)
Un demo equilibrato tra l'hardcore più duro e furioso, il grindcore e il powerviolence; equilibrio che porta a confezionare un disco di una portata d'attacco e aggressività veramente notevole. Velocità e spazi da mosh ignorante e cazzuto, alternati sotto una linea di vocale che cambia dal growl (poco usato in realtà) allo scream, con l'unico obbiettivo di martellare in maniera sempre più micidiale e letale per le orecchie dell'ascoltatore. Negative Approach, Spazz e Napalm Death, in un mix impietoso e che piacerà ai cultori della musica più devastante, rumore e violenza.
Voto: 7,5
Site du label remis à jour:
http://visceralcircuitry.voila.net