Friday, 19 June 2020

DISFORIJA - Priverstinis Gydymas [The hills are dead, 2020]

After 10 years of silence the legendary Lithuanian noise/grind/whatever/core band returns with the new full length "Priverstinis gydymas" on tape, CD and online streaming by Portugal's THE HILLS ARE DEAD Records. Seems Disforija is no longer trying to be funny and goes for more serious old school grindcore sound.

I really like what was done with the sound of this record in the mixing process as there is no guitar (bass only) but it still sounds really brutal, especially when I listen to it while driving with lows up on the EQ haha.

As for the structure it's quite simple and straight forward, songs are about 1-2 mins long and the whole thing barely exceeds 20mins. Not a fan of the long and slow intro but once the blastbeats start it's a quite raw, relentless and brutal attack throughout the whole thing. There are a few very catchy riffs, love the final song especially and there is actually a professionally shot music video on youtube which is cool.

Maybe as a bass-only album it would be interesting to hear some high-pitch shrieking vocals, but vocalists' death metal growling style gives record a feel of brutality, which you can not resist to love after a few spins. Not groundbreaking, but definitely a solid addition to the narrow Lithuania's grindcore history!

https://thehillsaredead.bandcamp.com/album/priverstinis-gydymas


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