Massgrave/Stormcrow Split

Fuck do I love Massgrave. Straight outta Vancouver, the incredibly tight brand of blackened stoner crust grind punk they play just gets me amped everytime I hear it! and this split DESTROYS.
The Massgrave portion of this split is an assault on the ears, and I mean that in the best possible way. Putrid and disgusted lyrics with contrasting howls and growls set to a hell shaking blend of blast beats, breakdowns, and brick walls of distortion. But what sets Massgrave aside from many crust/grind bands is not only the level of production and timing they put into there music, but one simple element that many grind bands miss out on; melody. Heavy and rotten as it may be, there's a discernible melody to every Massgrave song that you can hum along to and my friends, that is what kicks them up a notch. Whiplash inducingly fast and evil as hell, this band is amazing.
If Massgrave is the atom bomb, Stormcrow is the mushroom cloud, slowing things down but in no way letting up on your ear drums. I had never heard of Stormcrow prior to this split but I sure wish I had. Atmospherical heavy and crushing beats, this is stench core at its finest, taking you places you never wish you had gone. Like Amebix taken even heavier, Stormcrow plays encrusted music that calls to mind wastelands and loneliness. Contrasting the one or two minute blasts of noise that Massgrave has so perfected, Stormcrow prefers instead to drag you through the dirt rather then shove your face in it. "Poisoned Minds" in particular lulls to you an uncomfortable place, before kicking it up 20 notches. Stormcrow is dirty and rotten and I can't get enough of it.
Crust splits sometimes lack variety, but this is as good as it gets. Two perfectly contrasting bands, lyrics of hatred and despair, killer timing and brutal guitar work... this split is a must have. I hope you dig it!

MASSGRAVE

1. "At What Cost?"
2. "Only Your Mind Makes You free"
3. "Blind Folded Conscience"
4. "Corruption of Innocence"
5. "Suffering Until Death"
6. "Unconsciously Mundane"
7. "Get Over Yourself"
8. "Corporation Mind Control"
9. "Q: Landfill? A: Landfill!"

STORMCROW

1. "Poisoned Minds"
2. "Lost Hopes"
3. "The Science of Tyranny"

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