Exactly one month ago I reviewed Grassroll’s EP, Gorilla Sized Social Problems. For
those of you who need to clean the bong resin out of your brains to
remember, they’re a promising Greek band who splices grind and sludge
together into a filthy strand of infectious, groovy heaviness. I
compared them to Soilent Green, and while I still see plenty of that
dirty NOLA band in their sound, they have definitely expanded their
attack with three new songs recently played live:
“Aggressive
Minority”: Grinding hardcore punk that captures the raw energy of early
Agoraphobic Nosebleed and Benümb. Annie is particularly brutal in this
song, sounding a bit like Jon Parkin from Gaza as she barks to the
barbed-wire riffs and blast-beats.
“All
the European Capitals In One Second”: For some reason it takes about 2
minutes to prepare for this one, which is basically a 1 (maybe 1.8)
second shotgun blast of noise that reminded me of Napalm Death’s “You
Suffer” off of Scum.
“Blow
For Job”: Stylistically, this is most similar to the songs from their
EP. Battering grind collides with blackened stoner grime to form my
favorite song I have heard from them yet. This song is totally vicious
and makes me anticipate the two newest songs they’ve recorded (“Urban
Slaves Asphyxia” and “Punished By the Martyrs”) even more. I also want
to point out that the dude headbanging in the front deserves a red
velvet cupcake for being 300% more metal than the rest of the crowd. He
was there to rock, and Grassroll helped him achieve that. Well done,
sir.
Check out Gorilla Sized Social Problems over at Bandcamp: http://grassroll.bandcamp.com/album/gorilla-sized-social-problems
And follow them on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/grassroll
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