Vomitory Primal Massacre
Metal Blade 3984-14486-2 20.04.04
By Anna Novitzky
There are some bands you just wouldnt introduce to your grandmother. Theyre probably lovely people, but you just wouldnt be able to trust them not to say something to make her drop her false teeth into her tea. I get the impression that a group that would call itself Vomitory is one of those bands. And my grandmother buys me Cradle of Filth CDs for Christmas.
Not that, apart from the try-hard gory song titles (Gore Apocalypse, Stray Bullet Kill, and Chainsaw Surgery being but a few), theres anything terribly offensive about Primal Massacre (apart from to someones granny). Its thirty-four minutes and twenty-one seconds of shouty death metal goodness, but not, you know, very progressive or ground breaking. Its brutal, growly and fast, with much intense drumming and barely noticeable guitars, displaying the influence of traditional names like Venom and Napalm Death. One cant help but wonder, though, whether, having been at this for fifteen years, Vomitory might have been able to come up with something a little more individual. Surely theyve had time to develop their own voice? But maybe not.
So, if you are looking for something cutting edge, something that rips away at the accepted musical boundaries and laughs in the withered old face of conventional genres, you may wish to go elsewhere. If, on the other hand, you just want to jump up and down and roar like a loon, shaking your hair and venting your anger, come and check out Vomitory.
6/10
Official Vomitory website
Official Metablade website
Metal Blade 3984-14486-2 20.04.04
By Anna Novitzky
There are some bands you just wouldnt introduce to your grandmother. Theyre probably lovely people, but you just wouldnt be able to trust them not to say something to make her drop her false teeth into her tea. I get the impression that a group that would call itself Vomitory is one of those bands. And my grandmother buys me Cradle of Filth CDs for Christmas.
Not that, apart from the try-hard gory song titles (Gore Apocalypse, Stray Bullet Kill, and Chainsaw Surgery being but a few), theres anything terribly offensive about Primal Massacre (apart from to someones granny). Its thirty-four minutes and twenty-one seconds of shouty death metal goodness, but not, you know, very progressive or ground breaking. Its brutal, growly and fast, with much intense drumming and barely noticeable guitars, displaying the influence of traditional names like Venom and Napalm Death. One cant help but wonder, though, whether, having been at this for fifteen years, Vomitory might have been able to come up with something a little more individual. Surely theyve had time to develop their own voice? But maybe not.
So, if you are looking for something cutting edge, something that rips away at the accepted musical boundaries and laughs in the withered old face of conventional genres, you may wish to go elsewhere. If, on the other hand, you just want to jump up and down and roar like a loon, shaking your hair and venting your anger, come and check out Vomitory.
6/10
Official Vomitory website
Official Metablade website
