Konsensus - Life Deprived 10" clear lathe cut vinyl
Hailing from Greece, Konsensus brings you it's first full length!
10" clear lathe cut vinyl
Greek one-man project Konsensus drops it's first full length album.
After a few spins, I can clearly say, that this stuff is a 100% tribute to the rules of the genre.
We have here 10 songs of super old-fashioned grindcore. So if you love metalcore, believe me, this is not your stop,
haha!
In comparison to previous work, this full-length sounds better and shows the bands progression. “Life Deprived” gives a
great blend of old school grindcore, punk, and industrial rock. The guitar twists, riffs, drum structures, and
the style of vocals, everything is screaming about the early era of the grindcore genre. The buzzing guitar is
slowly grinding your mind, and the drums are beating nails into your coffin. The song structures are a bit predictable,
but I don’t think this is a tragic thing. Of course, there is no limit to perfection, and there
always be something to work on (like the variety of the songs).If you love what Napalm Death did in the late 80's
and beginning of 90's you will like this small album!
Konsensus have all of the hallmarks of the genre down pat.
“Reborn Through Pain” is more of a statement of the project knowing exactly what musical world it resides in and
is going to spend two-minutes ripping through pit riff after pit riff just to make sure everyone else is clear on
that fact as well. “System Defect” is more apocalyptic in scope, with a teethgrinding riff that dominates the whole
procedure until its minute and a half closes out. a whole release will punch in at just under twenty minutes, and at
times that can feel like the perfect length. "Life Deprived" does just that. It says a whole hell of a lot, makes a hell
of a lot of noise, unleashes just as much energy, and then kicks the doorframe off the house on the way out.
The titular “Life Deprived” song only gets to be one of the longer tracks by virtue of having a sample right up front,
otherwise it’d be a just as neatly tied off ball of fury as the two-songs that had precede it.
Life Deprived is the sort of knife-blade-sharp type of grind you would come to expect from someone whose inspirations
clearly lie in the blastbeast sphere of that world. Every riff is punchy enough to feel like you’re taking actual
body blows and the vocals have enough bark and bite to them that the whole thing becomes an exercise in explosive
energy. Life Deprived is purpose-written to move as quick as possible, like someone launching dynamite from a supercar,
and each song lasts about as long as that particular explosion would. The tempo remains high throughout Life Deprived
and it is suitably furious to match; the part where it strikes in and is over and out just as quickly as it arrived is
only a bonus.
Co-released with Throne Of Lies Records / Helldog Records / Urban Noise Productions