grief Of War | A Mounting Crisis As Their Fury Got Released
by 
Metal Martyr on January 19th, 2008
Prosthetic Records sent me grief Of WAR’s American debut advanced to review. First let me give you a brief history of the band from Prosthetic Records:
Formed for the purpose of being the true heir of real thrash metal Grief OF War was started from humble beginnings in 2002 based out of Tokyo, Japan. Almost immediately after forming, the band quickly started rehearsing to develop and refine their sound through a series of pre-productions recordings. Releasing the self titled Grief Of War demo in 2003 the band began receiving positive reaction about the release from a handful of CD shops and fanzines inside their native Japan, prompting the quartet to being energetically playing live in June 2004. Through this, the band began gaining an increasing fan base throughout Tokyo through uncountable tours and live dates, including playing together with Danish metal band Mnemic in March of 2005.
Grief Of War Finally unleashed the band’s debut full length, A Mounting Crisis…As Their Fury Got Released through hometown label Yggr Drasill Records in May 2005.
Self Described as “Samurai Crunch, ” Grief Of War aims to capture the title as the heir of real traditional thrash metal in the golden 80’s, through a deal with Prosthetic Records set to begin with the release of A Mounting Crisis…As Their Fury Got Released outside Japan on February 19, 2008
So there I was holding this CD fresh from the mail and not knowing what the hell I’m about to here because honestly I have not been impressed with metal from Japan. I read the band info that came with the cd and now I really don’t know what to expect. So I give it a shot and insert it into my PC.
HOLY CRAP! I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. It was like taking a trip back to 1987. To best describe the sound in my opinion would be if you were to mix up Sepultura’s Schizophrenia, Slayer’s Hell Awaits, Megadeth So Far So Good/ KIMB, and Metallica’s Ride The Lightening with e hint of Older Testament. The guitar work is fast, thrashy and not too churched up if you know what I mean. The vocals are fast, reverberated and you don’t sense a hint of Asian accent you usually hear in Japanese metal. The solos are good and well executed. There is plenty of change of timing an rhythm to keep it interesting. The drums are simple thrash and no double bass is present. Lyrically it’s not over-thought and proverbial. You don’t need a dictionary and thesaurus to figure out the messages here. If your into old school thrash and want to hear something new that sounds old, then check out grief Of WAR.
I give grief Of WAR
Check Out Grief Of WAR at Myspace or the Official Website
You can also Download the first track from the record Here Grief Of War Hatred Burns
Pre-order Grief Of War At Prosthetic Records
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