GRIMMTHURS — Grimmthurs (review)

GRIMMTHURS — Grimmthurs album cover EP · 2013 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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"Grimmthurs" is a self-titled 5 track, 13:08 minutes long EP release by Danish, Odense based death metal act Grimmthurs. The EP is a self-released affair and can be purchased through the band´s Bandcamp profile. It was released in May 2013. The EP features four older reworked tracks and one new track.

The music on the EP is old school influenced death metal with slight nods toward thrash, black and traditional heavy metal. However this is most of all old school sounding death metal with brutal growling vocals and heavy riffing. The five tracks on the EP are all relatively short, but the band are pretty successful at cramming their many ideas into the short track format, without the tracks ever sounding too busy. In fact the tracks are generally well composed and consistent in quality. Personally I prefer the short and über heavy opening track "Morgengry" and the brutal closing track "Repent", but the three other tracks are great too. The thrash metal influence is mostly heard in "LSH" and "Faeton". The slight traditional heavy metal influence that the band also have in their music is best heard in the latter mentioned.

The band are generally well playing and the EP features a relatively well sounding production. I have a few minor issues with the sound production like the clicky bass drum sound (to my ears a more organic sounding bass drum sound would have suited the music better) and the fact that the vocals on most tracks are placed slightly too low in the mix (not on "Morgengry" though, where they sound nice, brutal and high in the mix). It is however a matter of production/mixing choices, and it´s not necessarily an issue to other listeners.

Overall the "Grimmthurs" EP is a great release by Grimmthurs and fans of old school death metal with an occasional old school thrashy twist should find lots to like here. The band are not terribly original sounding, but they obviously play exactly the type of music that they love and they perform it with passion and conviction, which in my world is the most important thing. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.
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