GUTLESS / MORTAL WOUND SPLIT
Totally neckwrecking old school Death Metal split from US combatants Mortal Wound and Australian unit Gutless, released back in 2020 on Me Saco Un Ojo Records and Maggot Stomp Records, and sealed in super extra bogan airbrushed art from the side of some interdimensional Death Metal fuck truck. Mortal Wound casts three odes to warfare trauma, sweltering jungle combat groove riffs and terrorizing, sonorous leads surge across blasting drums in interesting patterns shifting from static stiff arm blasts to punk skanks, rumbling cable Bass presence and super low Barnes worship vocal, dotted with samples from war films and documentaries. Savage, terse and steaming with mean lead work. Callous. Gutless kicks out two tracks of furious Death Metal, heavier than it’s constituent parts by dint of manic rabid playing and dynamic tempo switch ups. Hat heavy drums with cannon handed snare strikes and pit frenzied thrashing aura, with plenty of tight as fukk groove, Guitars lashing out pitliess, barbed death thrash riffs and limber-dicked Bass lines matching Guitars phrase and rhythm, low wind tunnel howl vocal full of rage, with warped insane Guitar solos from hell (australia) florid in mercurial downcast melody. Gutless has this amazing knack of channeling old Cannibal Corpse mana in sound and spirit – moments in ‘Manufactured God’ come off like ‘Edible Autopsy’ pt II; necksnapping thrashing drum parts with hi hat blasts, isolated bass badassery, violent atmosphere of ripping death. Fucking glorious.
GonzoKaraoke 