Graben – S/T (Sengaja Records)

I think that I should put this review to the offtop section, because these guys are not even close to grindcore. But whatever it is, this album is worth your attention (even just because this will distract from grindcore and other noises). It's even hard to imagine what this album looks like visually, because I can't remember where I had seen something similar. But this cover uniquely attracts by its mysterious darkness. It's difficult to determine what these Germans had mixed here. No doubt that the basis for this stuff is hardcore and metal, but at times it breaks away to black metal pieces, a little bit of doom notes also you can hear some crustcore moments. Also, the strong side of this album is its atmosphere. It is pretty dark and guys managed to maintain it until the end of the album. The music of Graben does not contain any super frills, it has no ultra fast rhytms, but once you listen to these 11 songs they just 'wrap' you. I have enjoyed how guys put together aggressiveness and gloomy melodic sounds. For instance, the song Unheil impressed me, the sound of the rain, the sound of the piano and gloomy tunes. The song acts as an intro to the powerful and evil Kartenhaus track and together they sound very solid... I venture to suggest that the record will be enjoyed by hardcore fans as well as by fans of Scandinavian crust.

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Buy this LP at Sengaja Records