Chokehold – The Sweet Sense of Genocide
Division Promotions - 2008
By Adam McAuley
Grind melded with a penchant for thrash can be found within the confines of Chokehold’s sound. Rough vocals overlap an equally similar musical style to create a fairly abrasive, but restrained approach. They can be likened greatly to the types of outpourings shown by Slayer at times and this gives them a reasonably strong character. This makes for an abrasive offering that satisfies on many levels though it doesn’t have the voracity of what a grind act like Nasum might be capable of offering at times.
The pacing of the album is somewhat unsteady, but the chunky nature of the work gives it a consistency that is appealing. It has the ability to sound like a thrash album in nature, though it is rooted in grind mediums. The production of what Chokehold present is rather hollow in nature and doesn’t exactly make them stand out as strongly as they possibly could with a better production. Similarly, the surrounding members provide a standard musical background to the heavy proceedings going on. All around Chokehold are capable of making an impression on you, but they don’t hold a greatly impressive overall capacity. Thus the listener contemplates whether the thrash aspects of the work meld well with the grind ones as a whole, because it seems like the offering becomes slightly diluted in the face of both genres. The thrash nature on display seems to lose its addictive ability that the best works of that genre can offer, such as Slayer again. The grind portion of the album doesn’t have the cacophonous standout trait that Nasum would employ either.
So, we’re left slightly with a feeling that Chokehold maintain an incomplete sound that would be bolstered with more attention payed to either genre. The Sweet Sense of Genocide then comes with a slight recommendation, but hesitation as well.
Official Chokehold Band Website
Official Chokehold Myspace
Division Promotions - 2008
By Adam McAuley
Grind melded with a penchant for thrash can be found within the confines of Chokehold’s sound. Rough vocals overlap an equally similar musical style to create a fairly abrasive, but restrained approach. They can be likened greatly to the types of outpourings shown by Slayer at times and this gives them a reasonably strong character. This makes for an abrasive offering that satisfies on many levels though it doesn’t have the voracity of what a grind act like Nasum might be capable of offering at times.
The pacing of the album is somewhat unsteady, but the chunky nature of the work gives it a consistency that is appealing. It has the ability to sound like a thrash album in nature, though it is rooted in grind mediums. The production of what Chokehold present is rather hollow in nature and doesn’t exactly make them stand out as strongly as they possibly could with a better production. Similarly, the surrounding members provide a standard musical background to the heavy proceedings going on. All around Chokehold are capable of making an impression on you, but they don’t hold a greatly impressive overall capacity. Thus the listener contemplates whether the thrash aspects of the work meld well with the grind ones as a whole, because it seems like the offering becomes slightly diluted in the face of both genres. The thrash nature on display seems to lose its addictive ability that the best works of that genre can offer, such as Slayer again. The grind portion of the album doesn’t have the cacophonous standout trait that Nasum would employ either.
So, we’re left slightly with a feeling that Chokehold maintain an incomplete sound that would be bolstered with more attention payed to either genre. The Sweet Sense of Genocide then comes with a slight recommendation, but hesitation as well.
Official Chokehold Band Website
Official Chokehold Myspace
