Release
date: May 28th 2017. Label: Self Released. Format: DD/Vinyl
30
Year Suicide – Tracklisting
1.Pornography of
Grief 04:43
2.30 Year Suicide
06:37
Band
Members:
Patrick Lowe: Bass
Tommy Butler: Drums
Eric Crowe:
Guitar/Vocals
Review
Crawl return from a 2.5
year slumber to release some new music with this brutally heavy new
EP – 30 Year Suicide. Consisting of two tracks and running for
about 12 minutes in length. Crawl waste no time in creating a
horrible sludge like nightmarish atmosphere with Eric's vocals having
a hellish quality to them.
Openign track –
Pornography Of Grief – feels it was influenced by the legendary
NOLA sounds but given a more thrash/black metal makeover. Crawl still
inject their familiar drone based Doom/Sludge sounds but this is a
nasty sounding song with the band creating a distorted guitar driven
sound. I can hear a industrial vibe running throughout this track.
Second track – 30
Year Suicide – carries on the bleak as hell atmosphere with Crawl
giving absolutely NO FUCKS who they upset. It opens with a familiar
doom/sludge riff before the song starts adding heavier slower paced
moments that move firmly into Drone/Sludge Metal territory. The
second half of the track is perhaps the most exciting moment on the
EP as Crawl return to heavier fast paced sounds and it allows them to
breathe some much needed creativity into their music.
Overall this is a
superbly heavy and bleak record from Crawl. It's a shame there are
only 2 songs but if this is the sign or sound of things to come from
Crawl then they need to release more misery upon the world. As this
is a fantastic EP from Crawl.
Words
by Steve Howe
