Grimmthurs: Grimmthurs

Danish band Grimmthurs formed back in the mid 2000s, and after contributing to a few metal compilations as well as releasing a 2 track demo back in 2007, the band now have ready a 5 song EP that fully displays their love of death metal, black metal, thrash, doom, and traditional heavy metal. One might think that with so many stylistic influences, the music might lack focus, but that is far from the case with Grimmthurs. The band, which consists of Claus Markussen ( vocals), Sea of Tranquility's very own Kim Ebensgaard Jensen (guitars), Lars Pedersen (guitars), David "Daf" Nielsen (bass), and Dennis Lucas (drums), have fully engaged & absorbed these styles, which gives each of these songs a manacing, dramatic flavor. "Repent" is pure death metal, complete with some killer riffs and Markussen's deep growls, while the thrashy riffs & blazing solos of "Faeton" kick things up a notch and will certainly appeal to the more guitar oriented fan. In fact, there's plenty of guitar histrionics here, like the raging tremelo picked riffery on the black metal inspired ripper "LSH", as well as the crushing doom blasting on "Morgengry".

At under 15 minutes long, Grimmthurs is a short little EP but delivers the message quite well. Extreme metal fans would be well advised to seek this one out, and hopefully Grimmthurs can get the chance to put together a full-length release in the near future as their skills mature even more.

Track Listing
1. Morgengry (1:58)
2. LSH (2:41)
3. Pleasure Incarnate (3:36)
4. Faeton (2:53)
5. Repent (3:20)

Added: April 28th 2013
Reviewer: Pete Pardo
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Language: english

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