I love Black Metal. Good Black Metal. The kind of Black Metal that makes you want to kick down the walls of your fucking house and go find something to sacrifice. The problem, however, is that not all Black Metal is made equally.
For every Darkthrone there are a thousand copy and paste acts that mean you have to wade through a ton of shit just to find a new band that are worth listening to.
The reason behind this is that far too many groups are simply happy enough to tune into a select handful of artists that are even well known or are part of the ‘elite’ – an expression that has held the movement back for decades – and think that’s all they need to do. Gravemass are not one of these bands.
In fact, I’d go as far as to see that Gravemass, and their new single Fallen, is the kick in the bollicks that Black Metal needs.
It is a magnificently brutal stomp through three minutes of Satanic Metal that is so fucking black that if you cut it, it would bleed oil. It doesn’t fuck about. It doesn’t waste time on setting atmosphere with needless keyboards and choirs of angelic voices, instead aiming straight for the fucking throat with claws razor sharp enough to cut your head clean fucking off.
It is balls to the wall Black Metal that dispenses with the urge to show off with widdly guitar solos that seem to go on for three hours, instead focusing on crafting a tune that is not only desgined to be played at eleven, but to also have you down the front in the moshpit at their gigs, slamming any morherfucker who gets in your way.
Fallen by Gravemass is a breathe of fresh air in a movement that – at times – is so stagnant that it threatens to suffocate us all.
With Fallen, Gravemass have laid down the marker as to what it means to be a Black Metal band in this day and age. Fuck your image and focus on your music. If you do, you might one day be as kick ass as this fucking track.
RATING: 4 OUT OF 5
RATING SYSTEM:
- 0 – 1: Fucking shit
- 1 – 2: Shit
- 2 – 3: Not Bad Shit
- 3 – 4: Pretty Good Shit
- 4 – 5: Amazing Fucking Shit
- 5: The Best Shit You Will Ever Hear
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