{"id":68721,"date":"2017-07-18T13:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T18:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=68721"},"modified":"2017-07-18T13:09:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T18:09:19","slug":"perfect-match-grindcore-for-the-traditional-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/perfect-match-grindcore-for-the-traditional-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Match: Grindcore For The Traditional Man"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Resident grind-guru Ron Deuce attempts to find trad\/power metal fan tigeraid’s Perfect Match! Will he succeed\u00a0in selecting a siqq suitor, or will this blind date be a downright disaster? Tune in to find out.<\/p>\n

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What is better than successfully filling a genre-sized hole in a friend’s playlist? Being that friend who gets to revel in all those new bands that previously eluded their taste. Suggesting\u00a0an unfamiliar band from a seemingly impenetrable sub-genre can be a notoriously unrewarding exercise for both parties. Perfect Match is a new series we’re running where we share the incomparable\u00a0love of metal, using our respective years of wisdom to help those of us in need.<\/p>\n

How does it work? The idea is that readers who’re struggling to get into a particular genre or have dabbled but would like to delve a little deeper in a certain direction write in and we pair them up with a member of the Toilet ov Hell staff in the attempt to find their Perfect Match. Sound like fun? Well, if you’d like to participate, details for entry will be located at the end of this post. On today’s episode we’ve got Ron Deuce<\/strong> helping TovH regular tigeraid grind his ass into gear.<\/p>\n

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“Since I have tried and failed multiple times to get into black metal, I will shove that to the side and instead choose grind<\/strong>, at the repeated insistence of our illustrious Dubya. I’m mostly into true, power and doom metal these days, with occasional forays into thrash or OSDM. But someone recently posted some tunes by The Drip that I found myself enjoying, only to discover they were considered Grindcore! With grind, I guess what tends to turn me off are vocals that are completely unintelligible and are generally a mess–not even so much understanding every word, but not even having much rhythm or flow to them.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

My current tastes lean heavily into traditional\/power. Listening to a lot of Solstice lately. Outside of those, I’m really digging Undrask, the new Ex Deo, as well as Power Trip like everyone else. In terms of taste I’m all about vocals and lyrics–I love riffs as much as the next guy, but I don’t have the technical know-how to really appreciate the nuances of it. The mightier and more bombastic, the better! Perhaps there’s a grind band with Manowar influences?” <\/i><\/p>\n

– tigeraid<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n

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Ron Deuce<\/h2>\n

Alright tigeraid<\/strong>, I have been summoned by the Toilet Overlords to answer your request. I may not be the best qualified but I can certainly satisfy some of your criteria. First off, I must tell you that as far as I can tell, a Manowar grind band does not exist and if it does, it has been relegated to some poor experiment on some 50 year olds myspace page from back in 2000. Not saying it can\u2019t be done, but that\u2019s a tall order that may be fully realized at some point in our lifetime, but it\u2019s going to take a group of people with some special skills to pull that one off. Fear not because what follows should be considered good news for the rest of the things you are particular about.<\/p>\n

So you like The Drip<\/b>? Their new album is fantastic and they are most certainly worthy of all the praise they\u2019ve received thus far in 2017. If you desire more of The Drip, allow me to offer up a worthy comparable from Russia\u2019s Tsygun<\/b>. You will not find the vocals decipherable unfortunately, but musically they are very much on par with The Drip\u2019s style and execution. The riffs, vocals, performance and songwriting are very much along the lines of The Haunting Fear of Inevitability <\/i>and literally anyone who cannot get enough of said album will find this album very much to their liking. They get a shade more blackened than The Drip, but you\u2019ll hardly notice because the riffs absolutely dominate and when they slow down it\u2019s for a reason and not to promote a breakdown. Bang the whole album at the Camp of Bands below for confirmation.<\/p>\n

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