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5.0 out of 5 stars
Benediction's finest hour. Totally worth having., October 5, 2004
After listening to "The dreams you dread", their previous album, I was a little disappointed. It's a good album but repetitive and monotonous or boring, if you want. Like if the album was lacking of brilliance. But now you have "Grind Bastard".
This is totally the opposite. You'll find a diverse album, with lots of different tempos, speeds and changes of rhythms. With a strengthened sound, Benediction delivers an album with impeccable song writing. They found here what was missing in the previous one. A turn in their music, nothing new, but they dared to take their music one step further, like the "jumping" riffs in "Deadfall" or the intrincate "Grind Bastard". It's a mixture of their old and new stuff.
You have fast songs such as "Nervebomb", "We the freed" or "Carcinoma Angel". Mid tempos like "West of hell", "Grind bastard" or "The bodiless". And two spectacular covers: Iron Maiden's "Electric eye" and Twisted Sister's "Destroyer". Two great covers empowered by Benediction's sound.
"Deadfall" and "Agonised" are the first two songs. Both catchy and hooky gems, with that powerful, screaming and rotten sound, very heavy and intense, and unique at the same time, that show how much the band has grown up musically. And then album continues. Everything soaked with Benediction's intense, cool and constant arrangements.
You also have the explanation for all the lyrics; what inspired them in each song.
There's nothing to ad. 14 songs of the best death metal you can find. A great album in any way you look at it. Benediction's finest hour!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Grind Bastards, the best yet., January 5, 2000
By A Customer
I have always been a fan of the Alcoholic Death Metal Gods, and I have to say that Grind Bastards shows that they are still in the hunt for one of the best Death Metal Bands of the 90's. If you like Grave, Old Entombed, Dismember, this group is for you. Favorite tracks include, Agonised, title track, and Neverbomb.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A great and incredibly diverse Death Metal album, June 27, 2007
The hard drinking Benediction of the UK was one of those bands you can't help but admire. They refused to sound like everyone else. They didn't make a ton of noise and just quietly went about releasing their albums. And also Benediction was more interested in making catchy songs that were well composed instead of playing the silly and cartoonish game of "who could be more extreme" that most second generation (and a few first generation) Death Metal bands were doing at the time.
While "Grind Bastard" isn't quite as heavy sounding as some of the earlier releases it is an excellent album in its own way. Dave Ingram's voice is in top form and doesn't sound as low as it did in previous releases like "The Grand Leveller" and "Transcend the Rubicon". In fact, there is a slight hardcore element to both his voice and the music in general. All the instruments are pretty good (check out that drumming on "West of Hell" and on the title track as well as the guitars on "Magnificat"), and the songs are very much distinguishable from each other. The song writing on "Grind Bastard" is probably better than on any other Benediction release. The production is as good as one could hope for too. One thing that is incredibly different from prior releases is the existence of backing vocals (like on "Nervebomb"). Quite a few of the songs are past the five minute mark as well.
The only issue I have is with the bland cover of the Judas Priest tune "Electric Eye". But don't let that stop you from getting this highly unique release. Recommended to a Death Metal fan who is looking for a lesser known release that is off the beaten path.
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