{"id":94404,"date":"2022-06-22T00:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T23:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=94404"},"modified":"2022-07-19T15:09:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T14:09:13","slug":"album-review-grave-violator-reet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-grave-violator-reet\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAVE VIOLATOR – Reet (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

GRAVE VIOLATOR
Reet<\/strong><\/span>
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\nMetal Throne Productions (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Like a lot of bands, the pandemic affected careers and seemed to put a stop to everything in 2020, but it\u2019s no surprise that so many acts are returning this year with belligerent releases.<\/p>\n

Helsinki, Finland-based black thrashers Grave Violator has come armed with Reet<\/em>, their sophomore full-length outing that quite simply scalps the listener from start to finish with harsh, slurping vocals, nasty thrash with a melodious core, and percussion that flays skin like meat carved from a kebab machine.<\/p>\n

Some may find a handful of tracks repetitive, more so in the hammering percussion, but one cannot argue with the infectious melody bestowed upon us from the likes of \u2018Time Prisoner\u2019, which initially runs so effectively as a killer trad\u2019 metal groove before succumbing to the more archetypal black thrash haste.<\/p>\n

One gets a sense there could be more to this band that meets the eye, but rather than branch out they seem happy in that raw, primitive striking whereby tracks such as \u2018The Entity\u2019 and \u2018Exhumation\u2019 blaze by like harsh blizzards. It\u2019s actually a shame that these tirades seem all too quick in occurring because when you hear the opening strains of a track such as \u2018Eternal Tower\u2019 you can feel the organic originality hiding.<\/p>\n

\u2018Eternal Tower\u2019 begins in a doomy fashion, as does \u2018Stone Anchor\u2019 with its almost Isengard commandments married to traditional doom plundering, and I welcome this sort of variety. However, for those seeking the rapid fire of blackened thrash then look no further than the toxic speed of \u2018Antimatter Annihilation\u2019, a blitzkrieg of Teutonic thrash from the most charred remains of the early-to-mid 80s. Grave Violator sort of bridge the gap between the leather-clad depths of old Sodom, Destruction<\/a> and Bathory to the likes of Nattefrost \u2013 that sickening, nasty black metal fiend who\u2019d shit in your bathtub when you wasn\u2019t looking.<\/p>\n

Grave Violator is a simple yet effective beast that on snarls alone will send you shivering back to your parents\u2019 house with a bad case of the flu. It\u2019s rancid black thrash\u2026 nothing more, nothing less.<\/p>\n

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

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