Convulsing
Grievous


4.5
superb

Review

by Brandon Scott EMERITUS
February 26th, 2019 | 80 replies


Release Date: 2018 | Tracklist

Review Summary: I’ve longed for this... the taste of your flesh.

After their split with the ever eccentric blackened grind trio Siberian Hell Sounds, I promised myself I would keep an eye on Convulsing, an idea that has recently payed off handsomely. Their newest album Grievous is a near masterpiece. It’s an atmospheric death metal album more structured and thoughtful than the majority of their contemporaries could ever dream of creating. “Inert” billows plumes of carnal death metal riffage that settle into a cloud of psychedelic haze, dichotomous elements somehow perfectly in step with one another. Meanwhile closer “Strewn/Adrift” proves itself the middle-ground between weightless ambience and downtuned heaviness, an exercise in extremity that resolves these opposite ends of the spectrum without any sign of struggle. However, the most compelling feature of Grievous is how human the record feels, and especially for an extreme metal album. Created during a time of personal turmoil for sole member Brendan Sloan, his guttural howls and furious guitar lines ring with catharsis, as if they’re an exorcism of every inner demon and lacerating thought. Rarely is death metal this affective, and rarely is it this finessed, cementing the fact Convulsing is not just a one of a kind project, but that Grievous is easily one of the best death metal albums of the last decade.



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Comments:Add a Comment 
TheSpirit
Emeritus
February 26th 2019


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Cheating, but this needed a review. Going to go back to longer reviews after this.

Dewinged
Staff Reviewer
February 26th 2019


32179 Comments


I kinda dig the short format Spirit, nice and swift.

TheSpirit
Emeritus
February 26th 2019


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Thank you! I really appreciate that

Butkuiss
February 26th 2019


7747 Comments


Aye, Pete and Brendan are sicklads and it's a trip seeing his bands reviewed here lmao

TheSpirit
Emeritus
February 26th 2019


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Do you know them?

Gallantin
February 26th 2019


1903 Comments


I remember enjoying their split with SHS, I'll check this out.

trilo
February 26th 2019


6613 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

hell yes



album rips

suppatime
February 26th 2019


1855 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

both albums and the split pwn face

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
February 26th 2019


18262 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Nice catchup review my man

Butkuiss
February 26th 2019


7747 Comments


@TheSpirit don't know them heaps well but I live in Sydney and run into them (Moreso Pete) thru the scene from time to time. Brendan is a pretty well known name too tho.

Papa Universe
February 26th 2019


22502 Comments


so it didn't have a review yet? jeez

Slex
February 26th 2019


17255 Comments


Man this sounds awesome, excited to check

WretchedCacophony
February 26th 2019


3262 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

VINYL PRE-ORDER NOW AVAILABLE %$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**##* m//

TheSpirit
Emeritus
February 26th 2019


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Glad you all are enjoying this record m/ m/ I definitely feel as if even though this style of atmospheric/dissonant death metal is done a lot these days, Brendan has a style of his own that allows him to be just as affecting as aggressive.

Relinquished
February 26th 2019


48973 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

super short review.. what is this? Pervert the Church??

TheSpirit
Emeritus
February 26th 2019


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

I kind of like this magazine-y style :] And you know what's fucking nuts? I was JUST on PtC reminiscing the other day. I wish blogs like that were still relevant, I'd take it to the top again.

Relinquished
February 26th 2019


48973 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

time to hogtie crysis, balls, shadow, and hype on the back of the wrangler and ride towards the sunset of blog success

TheSpirit
Emeritus
February 26th 2019


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

we need zack too

Hawks
February 26th 2019


93615 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

AWWWWWW FUCK YEAH



Album rips so fucking ahrd man.

robotmagician
February 26th 2019


1328 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

nice little review, I appreciate when someone can hold back and not write 40 paragraphs. also yeah this album rules and seeing him post on bandcamp that people buying the record allowed him to fly out for a tour was really cool.



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