Psycho - The Grind Years
52 tracks of almost grinding nothing. That is what Psycho's 'The Grind Years' comes down to. It may seem like a lot of music for four years, but overall the entire album probably clocks to barely half an hour. Part of the reason is, like most grindcore of the 90s, everything was done in very short bursts of music and Psycho is no exception. Don't expect any Napalm Death or Meatshits quality extreme here; a lot of the quality here of the music is so faded and rough it makes the music hard to hear. Basically, when it comes to tracks like "Slag," "Violence," and "Roast Beef," it feels like the band went to a garage, picked up their instruments, and just jammed together like they were trying death metal for the first time. Yes, this stuff is over the top like grindcore should be, but compared to the grindcore today, it is a far cry from being as skilled or technical.
Some tracks are downright laughable such as "Garth Brooks" and "Zepplin" as these tracks barely last 30 seconds and feel like they were smudged in as brief jokes. Compared to the other tracks, they make them sound halfway decent, but that isn't saying much as the whole compilation feels like a bunch of fillers. It would have been funny if the entire album didn't seem like a joke through. If one had to pick and choose there would probably be only one decent track on the album called "Disturbed Revenge," which actually has some length to it and sounds like a gritty, old school death metal track that features some complexity and arrangement that took time, rather than being thrown together in a bout ten minutes. The vocals are usually a hit and miss, sounding like a mix of death metal and hardcore as they bellow incessantly, almost to the point of sounding whiny and annoying (nobody wants to listen to whiny growls). So, overall, if one is looking for a standard of metal that can make everything else look pretty impressive, give 'The Grind Years' a go because it will certainly grind on the ears, and not in the pleasant way either. If this is where grindcore started, one should be very happy it evolved to what it sounds like today.
Some tracks are downright laughable such as "Garth Brooks" and "Zepplin" as these tracks barely last 30 seconds and feel like they were smudged in as brief jokes. Compared to the other tracks, they make them sound halfway decent, but that isn't saying much as the whole compilation feels like a bunch of fillers. It would have been funny if the entire album didn't seem like a joke through. If one had to pick and choose there would probably be only one decent track on the album called "Disturbed Revenge," which actually has some length to it and sounds like a gritty, old school death metal track that features some complexity and arrangement that took time, rather than being thrown together in a bout ten minutes. The vocals are usually a hit and miss, sounding like a mix of death metal and hardcore as they bellow incessantly, almost to the point of sounding whiny and annoying (nobody wants to listen to whiny growls). So, overall, if one is looking for a standard of metal that can make everything else look pretty impressive, give 'The Grind Years' a go because it will certainly grind on the ears, and not in the pleasant way either. If this is where grindcore started, one should be very happy it evolved to what it sounds like today.
- Mooch
- Fletch
- Stupid People 2
- No Decision
- Dead Wrong
- Predator
- Douche Bag Rules
- Zepplin
- Story Teller
- Roast Beef
- You're Next
- Natural Fiasco
- No Second Chance
- Mass Consumption
- Yawn
- Carnation Of Death
- Sore Rectum
- Tortured Souls
- Loaf
- Extracting Your Dimensions
- Drive
- Equity-Ecology
- Has Been
- Convulsions
- Sore Scrotum
- Nicotine Addiction
- Riot Grrl
- Psycho 4
- Friend Of The Family
- Garth Brooks
- Second Death
- Thrashold Of Pain
- Incinerated
- Evil
- Ignorance
- Celebait
- Spineless Corpse
- Crushed Genitals
- Disturbed Revenge
- Violence
- Garbage
- Humanity Lost
- 1,000 Miles Away
- Drive 2
- Slag
- Broken
- Fuego Y Azufrei
- Hoax
- Blinded
- Fish
- Crusted Sewage
- Postman
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Reviewer: Colin McNamara
Jul 25, 2011
Jul 25, 2011
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