Canadian Death Metallers GUTVOID have their debut EP set for release via Blood Harvest Records on August 28th.
Otherworldly guitars set us off to an atmospheric start before bellowing riffs and punchy drums take the Death Metal into a cosmic and ferocious realm of crushing soundscapes. Building to stomping grooves and hammering drums we see some malignant ideas grow into a rotten onslaught which is met by grotesque growls. Savage and raw, the meaty swing of devastating brutality hits with a magnificently morbid fury. The production is murky but allows a really chunky low end to cut through the pounding drums, accentuating the excellent riffs and moulding them with the vomitous vocals gorgeously. With a brilliant tone from the bass coming through clearly, Gutvoid have a monolithic sound that is totally obliterating.
Throughout the three pieces, we see some spectral atmospherics taking the primitive Death Metal into a much more unique territory that has more ambience than most run-of-the-mill bands, fusing brutality with a much more experimental edge that never feels out of place. It is like we get the best of fetid, filthy bands like Undergang and also more cosmos-exploring sounds akin to Blood Incantation. Gutvoid certainly manage to stand out from the crowd in the old school Death Metal movement, delivering us to another realm with scolding riffs, malicious drums and guttural vocals that work in unison to conjure a storm of ravenous and creepy soundscapes. Dissonance melts into groove and builds to full-on assaults in a very fluid and natural way, showcasing a huge amount of diversity in only three songs.
This debut EP is hugely promising, with plenty of marvellous ideas that I certain will be built upon for the bands full length debut. With an already huge tone, varied approach to songwriting and generally decimating heaviness to their material, I can be certain that they have a lot to offer with future releases. This said, the EP stands alone in offering a wonderfully expansive and brutal experience that will definitely attract many underground Death Metal fans with its putrefying, spacious soundscapes of the macabre. -8/10
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