Grime

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Deteriorate
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Monday, October 7, 2013
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Italian act Grime recorded the debut-album Deteriorate (total running time: forty one minutes) at Igloo Audiofactory with Enrico Baraldi, and it got mixed and mastered by one of the most experienced guys within this specific scene, Billy Anderson (known for his studio work with, for example, Neurosis, AmenRa, Ramesses, Dragged Into Sunlight, Brutal Truth and tens of others). And especially the latter (Mr Anderson) might be a reference to the kind of sonic pleasure you might expect.

Deteriorate brings ultra-heavy Sludgy of the most doomish and blackened kind. It sounds great, but haven’t we all heard it before? Besides, I do miss inspiration, and the lack of variation in between the compositions is a pity.

Ugly, raw, nasty and filthy, and therefor recommended to fans of, let’s say, Alkerdeel, Sourvein, Eyehategod, Rwake, Grief and Iron Monkey. But in any case, those comparisons might be more varied, more inspirational, more interesting, and much more ‘waw-effect’-intending!

72/100