ENTRAILS - Grip of Ancient Evil
Hammerheart Records
I've been looking forward to this new one by Sweden's ENTRAILS. I'm not going to go into my whole fan history with this band. Just for the record I've been into em since their debut full length album came out back in 2010. That was "Tales from the Morgue" and they were part of that whole old school Swedish death metal revival scene.
Fast forward to 2022 and the band, fresh with new members, released An Eternal Time of Decay also on this label. And I liked it a lot since it wasn't just a band recreating the past as a homage which I don't mind too much. Instead ENTRAILS were defining themselves as a Swedish Death Metal band and fuckin veterans.
So this new one starts out with the title song being a violin instrumental. The violinist is none other than Thomas von Wachenfeldt who is also the guitarist of another great Swedish Death Metal band WOMBBATH. It's a beautiful sounding opening. And then the old school chaos begins. As the saying goes, may the Boss HM-2 be with you. Then look out because a slam pit is starting.
With that said the line-up has changed again. There's new bassist Benjamin Hjort Andersson and new vocalist Julian Bellenox. Now as far as bass duties go Benjamin Hjort Andersson fits in well. But as far as vocalist Julian Bellenox goes it's different since he is / was in the Swedish Thrash band MORPHETIK.
Musically this is more Death Thrash oriented with great soloing by Markus Svensson. But even with that I am not a fan of Julian Bellenox as a vocalist. I'm also not impressed with the drum work on here as well. Whatafuck happened to this band? Even when they throw in some decent DM atmosphere aspects to their sound it doesn't register with me.
In the end there's a couple of cool tracks on this the band's eighth full length. They're Death Thrash to the hilt on here and in my attitude which is pissed off I don't care to mention em. I'm totally bored with this album and really wondering about what they're up to. Are ENTRAILS trying to appeal to a new audience or are they just tired. I just don't care for this. I'm sure some younger newbie DM kids will enjoy this but not me.
LISTEN HERE:
https://hammerheart.bandcamp.com/album/grip-of-ancient-evil
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