Chestcrush are a band from Scotland that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays a mixture of post black, sludge, death metal and grindcore and this is a review of their self released 2022 ep "Apechtheia" which will b e released in November.
A very dark yet heavy sound starts off the ep while all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them. melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with the vocals also adding in a great amount of death metal growls and elements of sludge are added into the slower sections of the songs.
Black metal screams can also be heard at times while the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of blast beats and grindcore influences. Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with some tremolo picking also being added into some of the faster riffing at times.
choirs, soundscapes and noises can also be heard briefly as well as all of the tracks also being very long and epic in length. Touches of post metal can also be heard at times and the closing song is a drone orientated instrumental.The production sounds very dark and heavy while the lyrics cover dark and depressing themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Chestcrush and if you are a fan of post black, sludge, death metal and grindcore, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACK "The Despiser". 8 out of 10.
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Thanks for the awesome review mate. Evan from Chestcrush.
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