{"id":89926,"date":"2021-06-07T00:00:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T23:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=89926"},"modified":"2021-07-01T16:24:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T15:24:33","slug":"ep-review-graveripper-radiated-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/ep-review-graveripper-radiated-remains\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAVERIPPER – Radiated Remains EP (2021) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

GRAVERIPPER
Radiated Remains EP<\/strong><\/span>
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\nWise Blood (2021)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Following on from their rollicking 2020 EP, Complete Blinding Darkness<\/em>, Indiana speedsters GraveRipper has returned from their grave-robbing exploits to bash out another bracing effort of blackened speed and fury.<\/p>\n

If you have a free 18 minutes, then grab yourself a beer and tune into this toxic thrashfest whereby this clan of cavemen lashes out with six tunes from the Joel Grind academy of alcholocaustic metal.<\/p>\n

Burping out those fetid lines of fury is Corey Parks, who also whips up the axe strings and brings out much froth and force alongside fellow rust collectors Keegan Hrybyk (lead guitar), Chris Pilotte (bass) and Jacob Lett (drums).<\/p>\n

What I like about this short n\u2019 sharp shock of a record is its accessibility and melody. While very much camped in the old school styles of thrash whereby hardcore leanings mix with old Teutonic frazzling alongside Slayer<\/a>-ized fire, GraveRipper finds its own style, especially on tracks such as \u2018All Life Decays\u2019 and the seething \u2018Complete Blinding Darkness\u2019.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a band that rattles with the best of them, so you\u2019ll hear lots of old Sodom, Destruction<\/a> et al, but it\u2019s not just about the breakneck speed. There\u2019s a punky attitude on the aforementioned \u2018Complete Blinding Darkness\u2019, while \u2018Atoms Divide\u2019 shows us how old school fury can be replicated but with extra vim and aggression.<\/p>\n

Generally, GraveRipper feel loose yet somehow well measured, the band not overdosing on too many beverages so as to enable their methods of mayhem to not become contaminated. Again I revert back to \u2018All Life Decays\u2019 though for that melodic yet well structured, punked-up level of thrash, which is also apparent with \u2018King Killer\u2019, a volatile, raw yet melodic thrash assault featuring excellent percussion and that seething vocal sneer.<\/p>\n

In a sense, GraveRipper isn\u2019t doing anything outside of the norm\u2019, but their style does sound as if it comes naturally and that\u2019s why Radiated Remains<\/em> feels so easy on the ear even with its aggressive spits and dynamic, energetic throbs. Essentially then this is an amalgamation of all that\u2019s relevant in today\u2019s thrash climate; hints of the raw and primitive fused with punkier jaunts, but all wrapped in an alcohol-induced thrash framework.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, the next GraveRipper outing will be a full-length album so I can look forward to more of those snappy slabs of toxic malice.<\/p>\n

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

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