As the short “description” of the band on their facebook page (www.) facebook.com/Gnawtheband wil tell you (and I take over the word verbatim) “Gnaw is the sawblade-wrapped-in-razorwire brainchild of Alan Dubin (Khanate, OLD), Carter Thornton (Enos Slaughter), Jun Mizumachi (Ike Yard) and John Sykes (Thor's Hammer, Burning Witch).
This Oslo based Norwegian GrindCore act was founded in September 2010 by Insense guitarists Martin Rygge and Tommy Hjelm (both also taking care of backing vocals), alongside drummer Christian “Bartender” Svendsen (known from Tjuder, The Cumshots, Grimfist, and Gothminister).
Formed in 2010, this doom metal band features members of various bands such as: Nux Vomica, Graves At Sea, Elitist, and Bastard Feast.These guys are pleased to announce their unholy union with Seventh Rule Recordings for the impending unleashing of their debut full-length, "All Hail Corrosion." The album was tracked and mixed by Fester (Atriarch
From the viewpoint of the music reviewer, the continued digitalisation of the music industry has come with mixed blessings, for where physical promo copies have now become a rarity, one increasingly comes across some truly incredible bands and artists which, thanks to an ever more accessible Internet, can grow from local phenomena into (moderately) global players...all without the aid of the money-grabbing major labels.
