Grot are an extreme act from the British Islands, consisting of Warpath / Cold War vocalist Eoin Broughal, guitarist / bassist John Roche (of Gamma Bomb-fame), and on drums the well-known Kevin Talley - think Hate Eternal, Six Feet Under, Decrepit Birth, Dying Fetus and Misery Index amongst others. With the mini-release I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (six tracks, thirteen minutes), Grot bring a groovy and energetic form of Grind-edged Death Metal (or is it Death-edged Grindcore?). it’s brutal, it’s barbaric, it’s immense and it hits as hard as a sledgehammer against your nuts. The tracks lack or originality but are fun to listen at if you’re into the likes of Napalm Death (one of the tracks on this mini, Unchallenged Hate, is a Napalm Death-cover, by the way), Dying Fetus, Brutal Truth, Terrorizer or (earlier) Suffocation. Indeed, heard-it-before-material, completely lacking of an own face, but performed with joy and persuasion.
Nice appetizer for an upcoming album?...