J-Man
Hailing from Madrid, Spain is Looking For An Answer - a band that has been making plenty of bone-crushingly brutal grindcore since their formation back in 1999. The band's latest effort, and first for prestigious metal label Relapse Records, is just over thirty minutes of absolutely punishing grindcore filled with fast riffs, technically outstanding musicianship, and an old-school production. Eterno Treblinka pays plenty of homage to grind veterans Terrorizer and Brutal Truth, and it certainly doesn't try to differentiate itself from most grindcore albums out there, but it's a strong effort nonetheless that I've enjoyed hearing.
Eterno Treblinka certainly has some goods to offer - with 17 songs of extremely heavy grindcore, outstanding musicianship (just listen to that guitar and drum work!), and a raw production, calling this effort from Looking For An Answer anything less than a success would be cutting them short. I would've liked a bit more originality and variation in the songwriting department, but this is by-and-large a very solid effort from one of Spain's flagship grind bands. A solid 3 stars seems appropriate here.