Gnaw Their Tongues
An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood
Crucial Blast (2008)
Gnaw Their Tongues is almost completely indescribable, it is a project that simply needs to be heard to be believe. Forget understanding it as the primitive emotional outbursts that pepper the sounds on their records as these compositions seem to aim at leaving listeners aghast at the emanations of sound. An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood is the latest recording from the shadowy Gnaw Their Tongues, and at seven tracks, it is more than an hours worth of haunting sounds that might just challenge the daring with their menace. I must admit that reading the press on this record truly intrigues my sense of sonic adventure; hopefully, the actual record pays off in at least some of the ways in which it boasts. Seriously, from the outset, An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood is more a lo-fi horror soundtrack than conscious musical arrangement; although deep beneath the competing sounds (drums buried deep in the mix along with bass guitars and keyboards while screeching black metal style vocals and operatic vocals vie for attention amid a great deal of white noise) there lies some method to the madness. At times, Gnaw Their Tongues utilize some rather passive moments to set moods, like the … Read more
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Merge (2008)
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Cruel Hand
Prying Eyes
Bridge Nine (2008)
I love it when hardcore bands up their game. I understand it's hardcore and bands have made decade-long careers on … Read more
