Unrest - Grindcore review
| Band: | Unrest |
| Album: | Grindcore |
| Style: | Grindcore |
| Release date: | March 24, 2015 |
| A review by: | Ilham |
01. We're Calling You Out
02. You Take
03. Inaction
04. Quit
05. Protest Culture
06. Faith Is A Hearse
07. Anything To Shock
08. Nothing (That's All You Have To Give)
09. Identity In The Internet Age
10. Consumption
11. False Brotherhood
12. Drown
When a band gets the official "Nasum GRIND SEAL OF APPROVAL", you know you have to check it out.
The band is Unrest and they said it loud and clear: they've been put on this earth to grind - Nasum-style. And the distance separating these young Americans from their grindols didn't prevent them from being heard and given an official thumb up. Ah the joys of the grindternet... I should start describing this début of theirs, and without further grindieu, I give you, Grindcore!
And grindeed it grinds. You can expect just the same frenzy of blargh blargh vocals and chaotic blasts driven by almost groovy guitar and bass. Unrest adopted the more modern and polished persona of the Swedish masters. There's nothing more fun than grind done well, and Grindcore is definitely a good example of it.
However, what's stopping the criminal cases of sloth, that I know you are, from just going back to Helvete or Shift? Personality. Unrest still manage to have their own. The differences lie in the lower pitch of the vocals, and overall heaviness of their playing which is brought a notch higher. One could also notice that the three-piece BabyNasum are more fond of mid-paced passages as well as longer songs. The death metal grindfluence feels more grimdportant in general and it makes the whole grindifference.
If these words didn't pique your grindterest, I don't know what will. Maybe this:
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 7 |
| Originality: | 5 |
| Production: | 9 |
Written by Ilham | 11.02.2015
Comments
Comments: 9
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| AssailantForce Posts: 57 |
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| Malignar Posts: 285 |
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| Ilham Giant robot Posts: 5161  |
Written by AssailantForce on 11.02.2015 at 16:16 Well if you liked this, you'll love Shift by Nasum, from which Unrest took their inspiration. Clean modern grind, but close to its hardcore roots. Also, I didn't think it was necessary to mention the d-beat bits in the review because I stupidly assumed everyone knew of Nasum, sorry. And thanks, happy to oblige  .
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| Ilham Giant robot Posts: 5161 |
Written by Malignar on 11.02.2015 at 17:01 I hadn't noticed until you said that actually, thanks. There are a couple moments like that scattered around the album if I remember correctly, but it's really minimal though. One of the guys is in the bm band Woe, so that explains it. I found the production to be super clear and yet didn't kill the gritty feel of their playing, it explains the 9. I don't mind a little dirt in my grind, but sometimes a super clean record doesn't hurt.
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| Totenlieder Posts: 274  |
That grindteous song just grindfucked me. *Ba dum tss* Sorry I couldn't resist. But in all seriousness, that's probably the shortest (and a well written) review I've read on here. The song you posted as well is also good, I definitely enjoyed it.
---- Blut & Krieg
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| Darkside Momo Retired Elite Posts: 9089  |
Nice review, nice album! Some parts reminded me a bit of Goatwhore (vocals on Identity In The Internet Age, particularly)
---- My Author's Blog (in French)  "You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you" "I've lost too many years now I'm stealing back my soul I am awake"
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| Ilham Giant robot Posts: 5161 |
Written by Totenlieder on 12.02.2015 at 02:42 It's late, but thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed both .
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| Ilham Giant robot Posts: 5161 |
Written by Darkside Momo on 28.06.2015 at 01:35 Thanks! It was a total surprise, I'm happy it made its way into your player .
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| midland_don Posts: 86  |
Bloody hell this album is amazing... my new favourite grind band!!!!!!!!!
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