By: Charlie Butler
Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 15/08/2017
Label: Hex Records
“Destructoid”
is a record that fully lives up to its title. Grizzlor
have served up a sumptuous platter of riffs that
effortlessly lays waste to the opposition.
“Destructoid” CD//DD//LP track listing:
1).
Fruitloopville
2).
House in the Woods
3).
Tooth Pain
4).
Miserable Jerk
5).
Stupid Shit
6).
Too Many People
7).
Fighting Aliens With No Gravity
8).
Wade’s Notes
9).
Feeling Like Shit
10).
Simulation
11).
Quit And Die
The Review:
New
Haven’s Grizzlor continue to carve out their own
bizarre niche in the world of noise rock with debut LP “Destructoid”. The band achieve a perfect balance of lurid
absurdity and nasty heaviness like opening up a kids comic book to discover it
has been used to harbour dark top-shelf material.
The
album lurches into life with the gargantuan “Fruitloopville”. Imagine a 50 foot Clutch
after having their drink spiked by the Melvins and you
have an idea of the monstrous, city-levelling riff Grizzlor
unleash here. This sets the scene for the next thirty minutes of mayhem. While
on previous releases the band have ripped through seven songs in ten minutes, here
they have managed to lengthen their attention span in order to wring maximum
impact from their bottomless arsenal of weapons-grade riffs. “Tooth Pain” and “Simulation” prove they can rock hardcore punk tempos without
losing their edge but it is the relentless attack of closer “Quit Ad Die” that captures the band at
their peak.
The
fact that Grizzlor can achieve this and maintain their
unhinged acid-fried intensity is no mean feat. Key to this are the vocals and
lyrics of guitarist Victor. His barked maniacal delivery is the perfect vehicle
for his darkly comic rants on tooth pain, crippling paranoia and feeling like
shit. The air of weirdness is enhanced by outbursts reverb-drenched lead guitar
that lend the likes of “Feeling Like
Shit” a warped surf edge.
“Destructoid”
is a record that fully lives up to its title. Grizzlor
have served up a sumptuous platter of riffs that
effortlessly lays waste to the opposition.
“Destructoid”
is available here
