The Daily Spin, February 14
Greet Death | New Hall
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Album: New Hell (2019)
Artist: Greet Death
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As Greet Death builds their way through New Hell, it becomes evident that this band knows a few tricks and knows them quite well - but what is less clear is what they offer beyond that. The group drops guitars into near-industrial force with ease, heaving with the strength of sumo wrestles, all the while twin vocalists croon overtop - and yet, it feels like something is missing after a while, like the show has gotten old and the crowd has gone tired of the same circus.
Music like this needs a driving force, something emotive to pull things forward and bubble under the surface, a fuel to a fire, but New Hell snuffs that out before it ever gets a chance to breathe, stifling both the impact to the heart and to the ear - it’s heavy, but it’s too muted too often to really punch at the weight it holds.
The front half of the album has a little more diversity to it and a little less of the tuneless droning, and as such stands out among the full complement, but at the end of the day, it’s just not quite enough to overcome, Sisyphus rolling his boulder to the hills again and again into eternity.
Rating: 6.4/10
Best Tracks: Entertainment
Worst Tracks: Strain; Crush