{"id":94363,"date":"2022-07-08T00:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T23:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=94363"},"modified":"2023-02-02T15:40:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T15:40:46","slug":"ep-review-cronenberg-unmake-what-theyve-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/ep-review-cronenberg-unmake-what-theyve-made\/","title":{"rendered":"CRONENBERG – Unmake What They\u2019ve Made EP (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CRONENBERG
Unmake What They\u2019ve Made EP<\/strong><\/span>
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\nBlackened Death (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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BrainBath, Coffin Mulch, Putrid Fate, Rancid Cadaver, Trench Foot, Gouger, Gore Shriek et al, and now another UK-based death metal act, this time being the brainchild of Nova Scotia, Canada-born multi-instrumentalist Grandmaster Flush who comes chugging out the traps on this one with the rhythmic instrumental \u2018Internal Metamorphosis\u2019. The track rumbles like a sturdy generator, never really veering off its path but acting as a way to drive us into the depths of this four-track affair.<\/p>\n

The unintelligible logo (like so many) hides a rather crushing release from an artist that two years ago began life with the Body Horror<\/em> EP and then followed it quickly with the Gorehammer<\/em> full-length. So those familiar with Cronenberg will know that lyrically Grandmaster Flush has been inspired by the brilliant film director David Cronenberg\u2019s work, although it\u2019s a shame that the trio of releases don\u2019t seem to have been released physically.<\/p>\n

\u2018Unguided Mutation\u2019 churns with an immense groove that flirts with doomy connotations at first but then a stark percussive nodding takes over, accompanied merely by the snappy rasps of the vocal before we get a Slayer<\/a>-esque groove. Although Cronenberg is a death metal act, there\u2019s more going on with this featuring some interesting moments away from the standard, gore-obsessed pummelling. But it\u2019s all incredibly catchy stuff with an almost slurping, industrialised vocal assault.<\/p>\n

\u2018Biomechatronic Invasion\u2019 is a much faster attack and hints at a more classic death metal design, churning and chugging with a thrashing intensity, while \u2018Mask Of The Assassin\u2019 wraps things up with further rolling riffage, deftly jarring but always maintaining a level of catchiness in a sense similar to, say, Cancer.<\/p>\n

I hope this one doesn\u2019t slip under the death metal radars of everyone because there\u2019s some excellent riffing on this EP, so if you have an obsession with body horror and death metal this is clearly a match made in Hell.<\/p>\n

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

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