Listened to the first 12th. Grindcore is just not for me

judging by your last.fm charts - extreme metal is not for you, period.

Doesn't appear you are a fan of anything in the field... except Opeth... but yeah, everyone I know who hates extreme metal still seems to like Opeth.... so I will not count them.

.....and Opeth now sound like Porcupine Tree!

slightly better, I think, but not by much

lol. I definitely could have predicted that.

Its not for me either, but I have enjoyed these albums (all in fact) and I am now going to listen to the lengthy 12 min epic a bit later on! Is it really 12 mins or is this just an exagerration?

Glad to hear it! :)

It's really 12 minutes. I literally just listened to both Gridlink albums in their entirety on my half hour drive in to work this morning. :laughing:

What can I say? There's a reason I put the Gridlink album up last in this war, it's my favorite of the bunch so I figured we'd need a good screening process for the album to go up against it. Though no doubt the short running time will be a turn off to some, I think it's perfect. Like I said previously, these guys pack so much into their tiny songs that it really feels like an hour's worth of music to me. And, man, can they play! They're one of the tightest grind bands I've ever heard. Unbelievable energy + super-precise playing + unique take on the genre = win for me.

Gridlink - 2
Mumakil - 0

I've actually listened to all 12 mins of Gridlock and what can I say, its 12 mins of brutal energy. As for how it matches up against Mumakil well that's a difficult call. One band has the normal album length as opposed to the super short 12 mins. Music wise nothing between them really, so it comes down to other features. The Mumakil album cover is special for me, the LOTR inspired cover and the Mumakil with the Southron hordes is very unique, as is the album title "Behold the Failure", which is like a big homage to the defeat of Sauron's armies in the "Battle of the Ring" I know we're talking music here, but things like album covers can sway votes and Mumakil has done that with me.

Gridlink- 2
Mumakil- 1

Heh. It's funny that that's what you hone in on. But since you brought up imagery: To me a metal band referencing LOTR doesn't seem particularly unique. On the other hand, Gridlink's high-tech looking Chinese demon imagery (a motif continued on their second album below) is very unique, both for grindcore and for metal as a whole.

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