Release
date: December 15th 2017. Label: Magnetic Eye Records. Format: DD
The
Bottom - Tracklisting
1.Waves
2.The Bottom
3.Holy Serpent
4.Deadtooth
5.Sink
Members
Tyler Gurwicz -
Vocals
Ryan Lewis - Drums
TJ Maynard - Bass
Guitar
Review
Ghastly
Sound return with their second EP this year on Magnetic Eye Records.
Their new EP - The Bottom - only runs for fifteen minutes and like
their previous EP, it's a fast-paced style of Sludge, Stoner, Doom,
Noise and Psych Rock carnage. The EP is hugely entertaining and
contains some frantic and fresh sounds from the band. With songs such
as Waves, The Bottom and Deadtooth impressing me the most.
Ghastly
Sound has a demonic pop edge to their sound. Influenced by FLOOR and
TORCHE in parts but with a heavier and angrier punk sound. The vocals
are a mixture of clean "alternative psychedelic style"
vocals to the more vicious sounding hardcore growls that elevates
Ghastly Sound's music to something more ferocious and even genuinely
more exciting.
The
band get right into the action of playing heavy progressive sludge
sounding riffs that demands the listeners attention. With the EP soon
over I wanted to hear more of this Sludge/Stoner Metal aggression the
band excel at. I hope that Ghastly Sound will be releasing something
more substantial such as a full length album in the future. As even
though the band show their full potential time and time again over
the course of the two EP's they released so far. It's not enough. We
need to see how Ghastly Sound on a full length record.
The
Bottom is a dynamic sounding release that sounds LOUD and ANGRY from
the start. The vocals are perhaps the best parts of the EP. As they
work superbly well together. The music is aggressive and quite
intelligent in parts with the band showing the world they know how to
write a lean sounding Sludge/Stoner Metal song. I even applaud the
band for taking influence from Deftones on this EP especially on
Deadtooth. The vocals are highly reminiscent of Chino Moreno at
times.
My
final thoughts on the EP are as follows: If you're in the mood for a
loud and angry slice of Sludge/Punk/Stoner Metal with flashes of
demonic pop then The Bottom will keep you entertained from start to
finish. I urge you all to give this EP a listen as The Bottom is
another impressive release from Ghastly Sound.
Excellent
and Highly Recommended.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks to Magnetic Eye
Records for the promo. The Bottom will be released via Magnetic
Sounds on DD from December 15th 2017.
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