This is the debut album from UK solo grindcore band Chairmaker.
When an album is recommended for fans of Pig Destroyer and Agoraphobic Nosebleed, I have to at least spare it more than a cursory glance. What I discovered when I did was an utterly brutal 14-minute grindcore explosion. Yep, that’s me sold.
Leviathan Carcass spends its time unleashing grinding brutality and merciless aggression. It’s a withering mix of old and new influences, delivering a feast of grindcore with a side order of absolute destruction. The band references above are both nice and valid, and Leviathan Carcass is devastatingly good fun. Assuming you like having your head repeatedly stamped on over and over and over and over again.
The blast beats are near-relentless as they punish and bruise. The guitars are ferocious, and the screams insectile and sharp. When it slows down, it’s crushingly heavy, dealing out damage like it’s a brutal death metal slam pit, mixed with 00s hardcore heaviness, (looking at you Dead Optimist).
Leviathan Carcass is an easy album to enjoy if you’re inured to the extremity that this sort of unforgiving grind dishes out with impunity. It’s effortlessly easy to just stick it on and get lost in its hostile maze of blasting punishment and murderous attacks. There’s very little here in the way of nuance, subtlety, or hesitancy. There is no breathing room given, no concessions to easing up on the assault, no compromises – there’s just 12 tracks of savage, brutal, violent grindcore.
The artist behind Chairmaker has put out a raging collection of tracks. Leviathan Carcass is an exemplar of chaos and mayhem, channelled into brief, pissed off bursts of hyperaggression and sonic violence. If grindcore tickles your fancy, then this is for you.
Very highly recommended.
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