Labels: Relapse
Review by: Kunal Nandi
What the fuck is getting pumped into the air up in Scandinavia? Who in shit’s name is screwing with the water supply? Have they finally allowed crack to be sold over the counter? What is it that makes these mad Norsemen crawl out from under the woodwork armed with more motherfucking head-bending grind like only they know how? Gadget play the Nasum style of grind even better than Nasum themselves (itself a sad reminder of the recent untimely death of the latter band’s singer and guitarist Mieszko Talarczyk). That means an unremitting and precise form of high-speed riffing, machine-gun drumming, and shrieking vocals, which, whilst being over in a flash, remains completely memorable thanks to their innate sense for a rocking melody. Gadget ensure that maximum brutality reigns supreme by keeping things seriously dense. As with Nasum, the heaviness is key, making it totally compulsive listening. Amazing.