{"id":103953,"date":"2024-09-19T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T23:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=103953"},"modified":"2024-09-26T12:05:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T11:05:52","slug":"ep-review-splattervision-splattervision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/ep-review-splattervision-splattervision\/","title":{"rendered":"SPLATTERVISION – Splattervision EP (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SPLATTERVISION
Splattervision EP<\/strong><\/span>
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\nIron Fortress (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Clearly inspired by horror movies, Splattervision is an Ohio-based duo who I expected more from. Lacking any sort of atmosphere and charging away like a generic basement project, this six-track debut EP is somewhat flimsy in design. The drums are awful so I\u2019m assuming they are a machine \u2013 well, I hope so as it may excuse the quality \u2013 and most of the riffs are bland and uninspiring.<\/p>\n

There was a time when quite a few low-budget UK death metal bands sounded like this \u2013 rushed, generic and lacking weight \u2013 and so it\u2019s a shame that Splattervision suffers the same issues. \u2018Cemetery Disembowelment\u2019 kicks off with a brief horror film sample before a steady charge of mediocre death metal ensues.<\/p>\n

Sadly, there\u2019s nothing here to warrant any further attention as SplatterVision embark on a routine procession with \u2018Video-drome\u2019 and \u2018Secreting Life\u2019, both better off suited to the mid-90s doldrums consisting of mechanical sounding drums and all too familiar grunts.<\/p>\n

Damn, I never expected Splattervision to reinvent the death metal genre, but the lack of creativity here results in such a banal expression. \u2018Anthropophagous\u2019 starts well with its sinister slow riff, but once the pace is injected it\u2019s just back to the same old dynamics. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I love me some old school stodge, but as \u2018Mausoleum Murders\u2019 bleeds into \u2018Yaujta\u2019 the lack of imagination is once again evident leaving me to feel that this EP is more moribund rather than morbid.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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