{"id":18006,"date":"2014-02-28T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T00:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=18006"},"modified":"2014-03-13T11:56:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T11:56:40","slug":"album-review-ribspreader-meathymns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-ribspreader-meathymns\/","title":{"rendered":"RIBSPREADER – Meathymns (2014) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

RIBSPREADER
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\nVic (2014)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Some of you will be disappointed when I state that Ribspreader\u2019s sixth instalment is every bit as Swedish as the last. Yep, these Gamleby-based guys are high on those buzzing, chainsaw riffs, and those guttural vocals which we\u2019ve heard countless times before within the Swedish scene but, and it\u2019s a big but, I do really like this nine-track offering. <\/p>\n

The trio have been making minor waves since their 2004 Bolted To The Cross<\/em> debut, but with so much of this style of death metal around they haven\u2019t really made a huge impact on the scene. Sure, they are masterly when it comes to those grooving riffs and behemoth drums and there\u2019s so much to get your teeth into here, but with this sort of metal at first being appreciated back in the early 90s, it\u2019s going to take a special band to reinvent this genre. <\/p>\n

Ribspreader may not be that enigmatic as a combo, but Meathymns<\/em> is as solid as the day is long. With Rogga Johansson still barking out those orders above those catchy riffs, it\u2019s difficult not to take note. While it could be said that Ribspreader\u2019s earlier records were better, Meathymns<\/em> still offers us enough flesh to succeed, and by keeping the structures relatively simplistic it means that this 30-minute affair hits home hard but doesn\u2019t leave a bruise. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s a juggernaut feel about most of the tracks on offer, as Johansson combines that now seemingly generic Swedish brutality with a Floridian old school feel, especially with the raging symphonies that are \u2018Orchestrating The Cacophony\u2019, which opens the record and features some fantastic loose, guttural vocals and crushing rhythms. \u2018Cemetery Dreams\u2019 continues the chaos, upping the speed a tad but following the same rugged course, before we\u2019re battered by the frenzy of \u2018As The Blood Flows\u2019 right through to the blood-gurgling title track. <\/p>\n

Most of the songs clock in at around three minutes so the opus has a concise feel about it, with the trio eager to sucker punch the listener before quickly moving on. Only \u2018Skeletonized\u2019 breaks the mould by reaching five minutes, and it actually remains one of the best tracks on the record, featuring punishing drums courtesy of Brynjar Helgetun. <\/p>\n

Of course, when the band slow the tempo they become a real tour de force, but whereas the solos try to weave their way out of the sludge, there\u2019s an all too familiar feel about the record with touches of Autopsy creeping in as well. <\/p>\n

Having said that, Meathymns<\/em> is still an enjoyable grotesque listen that is more appealing than countless of other bands of this ilk. Although I\u2019m not really sure why Ribspreader are more rewarding, it just might be worth you taking the time to injecting yourself with a dose of their dirt to see what I mean. <\/p>\n

Meathymns<\/em> is a decent effort from a band in the long line of Swedish death metal disciples eager to resurrect a corpse that has been flogged more times than a dead horse.<\/p>\n

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

RIBSPREADERMeathymns Vic (2014)Rating: 7\/10 Some of you will be disappointed when I state that Ribspreader\u2019s sixth instalment is every bit as Swedish as the last. Yep, these Gamleby-based guys are high on those buzzing, chainsaw riffs, and those guttural vocals which we\u2019ve heard countless times before within the Swedish scene but, and it\u2019s a big […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-ribspreader"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18006"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18008,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18006\/revisions\/18008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}