LOCK UP — Necropolis Transparent (review)

LOCK UP — Necropolis Transparent album cover Album · 2011 · Deathgrind Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
Time Signature
Roar of a thousand guitars...

Genre: grindcore/deathgrind

This stuff is simply awesome. It is one of the best grind releases I have heard in a very long time.

There are plenty of blastbeats, of course, and loads of brutality on this album, but Lock Up successfully prevent the album from becoming monotonous - there is a general tendency, I think, for music which has many blastbeats to become monotonous to the extent that the blastbeats simply lose their brutality. But not here. Lock Up combine the blastbeating grind sections with energetic thrash metal and hardcore punk riffage with d-beats and thrash metal polka beats to boot. And there are also heavier passages and a couple of groovy elements too - hell, there are even some black metal-like riffs every now and then and some melodic things now and then.

Consequently, the music on this album is very energetic, and one cannot help but wanting to headbang like a madman and mosh about in the living room - it's that great. Thomas Lindberg's vocals sound more aggressive and angry than ever, and that suits Lock Up's brand of grindcore perfectly.

With an average length of around two and a half minutes, the songs are relatively short. This is a good thing, because, by keeping the songs short, Lock Up ensure that the music does not lose its energy, and the intensity is kept at a high level all the way through the album.

This is grindcore just the way I like it. It's aggressive. It's varied. It's energetic. The musicianship is high and the production is taken serious without being too polished. For my money, this is the deathgrind release of the year.
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Time Signature wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Yes, it's very very good.
UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I´m sad I didn´t get to listen to this album before after I handed in my 2011 top 20 list, because this one would definitely have made the list.
Stooge wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I listened to a 10 minute album preview, and I like what I heard. I'll keep an eye out for it once it's released here.
Time Signature wrote:
more than 2 years ago
It certainly clicked with me from the get-go.
UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Definitely sounds like something down my alley then. I love the post 2000 Napalm death releases.
Time Signature wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I forgot to mention that there are certain similarities between this an more recent output by Napalm Death.
UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
LOL
Stooge wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I should definitely look into this if it's anything like your description. You wouldn't lie to me, would you? ; )
UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Interesting. I had no idea Lock up was putting out a new album. Sounds like something right up my alley.

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