Album Review

Grapeshot – “The Scene” [Album Review]

There are no gimmicks or frills on Grapeshot’s The Scene, just straightforward, balls-to-the-wall metal that is sure to ignite a frenzied pit in the live setting.

Published

9 years ago

03/14/2015

Bruce Moore

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The Scene, the debut full-length from the Spanish metal act Grapeshot, is an aggressive, hard-hitting metal record that I think fans of Pantera and/or Lamb Of God will really dig.

These whiskey-soaked, bluesy southern metal tunes are powered by raw inexorably furious and thrashy riffs that hit really hard. Vocalist Esteban Muñoz has a brutally raspy yet powerful voice that commands the listener’s attention while simultaneously pulverizing their eardrums.

With the exception of the oddly-placed and completely unnecessary spoken word “Intro Zombies,” there are no gimmicks or frills here, this is just straightforward, balls-to-the-wall metal that is sure to ignite a frenzied pit in the live setting. The Scene is for sure worth checking out; it is both heavy and intense with a fair amount of catchiness to it.

Track Listing:

01. The Scene
02. Intro Zombies
03. Zombies
04. No Flowers
05. How Many Times
06. You Wouldn’t Let Me Go
07. Godless Angels
08. Fornicage
09. Blinding Moon

Run Time: 35:32
Release Date: August 19, 2014

Check out the song “Godless Angels” here.