Maruta - Remain Dystopian
This is US Grind/death metal and as most common, short at only 27 minutes long over 17 tracks. They went in hiatus for a while, ‘Remain Dystopian’ is their comeback release, very typical for the “modern” grind scene and not quite death metal enough to be labelled so in its own right. The band features members of Torche, Pig Destroyer and has guest vocals from Tomas Lindberg (At the Gates etc…), Pig Destroyer’s J.R. and Jay Randall from Agoraphobic Nosebleed. It doesn’t make much difference to be honest.
Modern grind tends to be chaotic, disjointed and a real mess in the arrangements whilst trying to include a number of influences, often too clever for it’s own good resulting in missing the point completely. This features heavily on this release, it’s a hard release to listen too, devoid of real structure, it’s tough to get any rhythm or groove whilst spinning these “tunes”. There’s a few disjointed and obscure chords, a lot of grind styled bellowing, but more so angry shouting “core” style. The death metal riffs are pleasing but they don’t last long enough to enjoy them, we’re off into the next assault before you’ve captured your breath. You may wonder why no track titles feature in this review…well it’s tough to pinpoint one or two in particular as criminally it’s very much the same pattern from track to track. Technical ability is not in question, but how you tag it all together is a bone of contention for this release.
If this is 21st century grind, then I’ll stick to the classic’s thank you. It’s got a couple of points because the production is good and I like the artwork, other than that, it’s probably one to avoid unless you prefer absolute unrelenting chaos without any structure what so ever.
Modern grind tends to be chaotic, disjointed and a real mess in the arrangements whilst trying to include a number of influences, often too clever for it’s own good resulting in missing the point completely. This features heavily on this release, it’s a hard release to listen too, devoid of real structure, it’s tough to get any rhythm or groove whilst spinning these “tunes”. There’s a few disjointed and obscure chords, a lot of grind styled bellowing, but more so angry shouting “core” style. The death metal riffs are pleasing but they don’t last long enough to enjoy them, we’re off into the next assault before you’ve captured your breath. You may wonder why no track titles feature in this review…well it’s tough to pinpoint one or two in particular as criminally it’s very much the same pattern from track to track. Technical ability is not in question, but how you tag it all together is a bone of contention for this release.
If this is 21st century grind, then I’ll stick to the classic’s thank you. It’s got a couple of points because the production is good and I like the artwork, other than that, it’s probably one to avoid unless you prefer absolute unrelenting chaos without any structure what so ever.
- Genocide Interval
- Hope Smasher
- The Void Within
- Minimal Progress
- Protocol For Self Immolation
- Absolutist
- Stride Endlessly Through Scorched Earth
- Submergence Aka Barren Oceans Of Infinity
- Erode
- Stand In Defeat
- Remnants Of Failed Utopia
- I, Usurper
- Durandal
- Psalm For The Withered
- Return To Zero
- Slaying Jehova
- Immune
Label: www.relapse.com
Reviewer: twansibon
Jul 5, 2015
Jul 5, 2015
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