NEW BLOOD

Paradise Disintegrates

Grindhead

5 / 10

Track listing:

01. Paradise Disintegrates
02. Necrotic Conception
03. Impetious Thrill
04. Subconscious Slaughter
05. Disease Covered Lie
06. Blood Drunk
07. Vile Disfigurement

A hot meal of meat and potatoes is fine until it has been served every single day of the week. "Paradise Disintegrates" by Australia's NEW BLOOD is 18 minutes of workmanlike brutal death with a fair amount of arrangement variety that the completist may enjoy, but even then one would be hard pressed to call it heavy-rotation material.

Grindhead has a history of releasing some pretty damn good death and grind albums that rarely disappoint, even if not typically releasing albums that break out of a specific niche. "Paradise Disintegrates" fits snugly in said niche and is a decent enough listen, provided brutal death is your forte. Standard guttural growls join a combination of DEVOURMENT slams, semi-technical flourishes, grind bombs, and a number of basically effective breaks (e.g. the switch between fast/furious and sickening chug on "Subconscious Slaughter"). There are even snippets of melody on songs like "Impetious Thrill" (can anyone tell me what "Impetious" means?). All in all though, "Paradise Disintegrates" wreaks plenty of havoc, but doesn't exactly thrill.

The upside is the band is definitely going somewhere with regard to making the song structures interesting. They just haven't arrived at the tipping point yet, mainly because a degree of tightness in the arrangements and confidence in the delivery is lacking. Nothing to really dislike here and a good deal of neck-wrecking bludgeon is present. There is simply nothing to write home about.

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