{"id":98516,"date":"2023-01-20T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=98516"},"modified":"2023-03-23T13:32:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T13:32:10","slug":"demo-review-bodydrinkers-swamp-hammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/demo-review-bodydrinkers-swamp-hammer\/","title":{"rendered":"BODYDRINKERS – Swamp Hammer (2023) | Demo Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSwamp Hammer (2023)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Following the release of their 2020 self-titled debut album, Cork-based combo Bodydrinkers return with this new three-track offering, although the Irish band may not be everyone\u2019s cup of tea. The abrasive vocal naps shift from death metal growls to black metal-cum-hardcore snaps, and everything else constructed around them feels muscular, confrontational and almost punky.<\/p>\n

Catchy riffs roll in abundance, especially on the opening title track, but for me vocalist Mark Allen, through all its menace, takes a while to get used to \u2013 more so due to the higher scowls he creates. However, Swamp Hammer<\/em> remains an impressive release due to its musical crushing.<\/p>\n

The opening surge of \u2018Byzantine Blinding\u2019 is utterly monolithic in its brutal trudging and \u2018Bio Terroristic Occult Sermon\u2019 causes further carnage with its mid-paced grinding. Swamp Hammer<\/em> only runs for ten-minutes but it provides a blistering barrage of no frills extremity, ideal for small clubs on dead end streets where deadbeats throw shapes to the downpour of their own sweat. Agitated, in your face metal is the order of the day here. Hammering, most certainly, but not as swampy as I expected.<\/p>\n

For those of you interested, the Swamp Hammer<\/em> demo is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

BODYDRINKERS Swamp Hammer (2023) Following the release of their 2020 self-titled debut album, Cork-based combo Bodydrinkers return with this new three-track offering, although the Irish band may not be everyone\u2019s cup of tea. The abrasive vocal naps shift from death metal growls to black metal-cum-hardcore snaps, and everything else constructed around them feels muscular, confrontational […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5267,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bodydrinkers","category-demo-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98516","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=98516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98517,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98516\/revisions\/98517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}