{"id":94224,"date":"2022-07-01T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T23:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=94224"},"modified":"2022-07-06T15:27:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T14:27:19","slug":"ep-review-gore-grave-compulsion-to-kill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/ep-review-gore-grave-compulsion-to-kill\/","title":{"rendered":"GORE GRAVE – Compulsion To Kill EP (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

GORE GRAVE
Compulsion To Kill EP<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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This is the sort of extreme death metal I can love or hate, American one-man project Gore Grave bringing that overt masculine belligerence. Vocally it\u2019s rather irritating, the rants \u2013 and all instruments \u2013 being the work of \u201cK\u201d who barks his way through six tracks that grate from the off with the squalling title track with its unrelenting pace, hammering percussion and general insistence.<\/p>\n

\u2018Massive Cranial Trauma\u2019 flows exactly the same way, not quite in a tech-death way but continuously pulverising, while \u2018Dead Of Night\u2019 \u2013 my favourite chunk on offer \u2013 brings a bit of a mid-tempo melody, although the drums (are they programmed?) act in annoying fashion.<\/p>\n

If you like stuff like Cannibal Corpse and Suffocation, but even more aggressive then Gore Grave is the sort of offering that will quench the thirst. It\u2019s a shame then that the EP isn\u2019t riddled with more of those melancholic solos. Instead, we get assaulted from every angle by the generic aesthetics.<\/p>\n

As \u2018Forced To Watch\u2019 comes grinding in on further percussive epilepsy I\u2019m reminded of California\u2019s Deeds Of Flesh, another band that bores me rigid but at times comically entertains due to its vocal expressions, and that\u2019s where I stand with Gore Grave.<\/p>\n

For all of its compulsions to kill I\u2019m somewhat nullified by it, not crushed by its power, just irritated by its teenage angst. Its constant urges to be hostile in a scene over-saturated with similar designs means that this EP just drifts by as a formulaic, over-done tirade.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t expect \u201cK\u201d to alter his methods and I applaud his effort at creating a brutal death metal experience\u2026 it\u2019s just not for me. However, I\u2019m sure that there\u2019ll be plenty who will form a mosh pit in their bedroom for it and play along.<\/p>\n

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

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