The Bridge, the third release from Italian death/grind band Grimness 69, originally came out in 2010, but is now getting the offical release treatment thanks to a joint promotion from Rising Nemesis Records, Sevared Records, and Butchered Records. One look at the GREAT artwork from Par Olofsson (who has worked with a ton of extreme bands), you know you are going to be in for some solid death metal here. And, after spinning this brutal set, that is exactly what you get.
Grimness 69 is a four piece featuring vocals, guitar, bass, and drums, and these guys certainly pack a powerful punch, delivering brutal, uncomprimising, complex death metal and grind. The vocals are excellent, with deep growls, screams, and grunts permeating the lethal mix, and you can expect a wide variety of massive riffs and intricate tremelo lines. Toss in some jackhammer drum blasts and booming bass, and you have quite the potent assault to your senses. Highlights are the surging "Chariot of Acrimony", the groove laden but brutal "Illheaven Hells", the tasty instrumental "The First Words of a Dead" , and the completely crushing death metal monster "Doomsday Carillon". I'm not sure what the point of having 8 tracks of pure silence was here between "Feeding" and the final cut "Doomsday Carillon", but it seems like a total waste of space and time where another song or two could have been included. Seeing as this is essentially a re-release that seems like an opportunity wasted.
Overall though The Bridge is a pretty potent death/grind release that will certainly be of interest to those that like wild, technical, and brutal extreme metal.
Track Listing
1. White Room
2. Down to the Bones
3. Chariot of Acrimony
4. The Shining Key
5. Illheaven Hells
6. The First Words of a Dead
7. Adore the Ten Fathers
8. Feeding
9. V
10. VII
11. XI
12. XIII
13. XVII
14. XIX
15. XXIII
16. XXIX
17. Doomsday Carillon
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