Evolution Beyond a Revolution
Brutal Truth
Evolution Through Revolution
My poor brain
I have not heard anything this technically fast and brutal in a long time. Anyone who knows Brutal Truth that has had their previous records on rotation once in awhile and gotten something out of it will know what to expect. A band like this “returning” to their grind roots and making a new record should be enough of a sign to know to expect something good.
For example: Napalm Death has been as consistent as they could possibly be to their “root” sound for the past 10 years, and in comparison you can hardly even tell BT has been away from the game for the past 12 years with this single new release. It is that sharp sounding in the face of what I describe to you as a “blur” of noise. I remembered NONE of it the first time around, and yet, I find myself intrigued enough to want to listen to it 100,000 more times.
These guys know one thing very well: how to beat the shit out of your brain and keep you guessing how it’s going to go. There is the fast. There is the sludge. But mostly, just the fast. And some of it yes, like I have stated earlier, goes by so goddamn fast you don’t recognize a song change save for what you see on your stereo screen as changing one track number to the next. I’m listening to the vinyl version…*the only tangible format I like these days NOT because I’m an indie douche in disguise* …and it is infinitely impossible to tell the change in one song to the next.
21st Century Digital Grinders
There is something oddly calming about listening to the chaos behind it all that makes one think less and less about their useless existence as a human contributing to society. If there is a political message in their music, I missed it. I generally don’t take to reading into lyric sheets. I just don’t care that much with grind. It is literally as the band states. Eat, Sleep, Grind, Smoke.
My love for this band will grow as much as it has before it was when I first discovered “Need To Control”. And then maybe I’ll be able to take more away from this record as well as their older ones. That’s it. And it’ll also take a while to settle in.
Grind on.
~ Viking Beard (Grinding for Jesus…)
