This is an American band on the Australian label Rowe Productions. Gnashing Of Teeth plays metalcore and sometimes it's closer to metal than to hardcore (Everythink) and vice versa (Fear Is The Enemy). But it's not as chaotic as other bands in this genre. This self-titled disc appears to be a re-recording of their debut-CD entitled Outer Darkness. The vocals are brutal screams and the guitars are real dirty, fat and heavy in sound (like they should). But I don't like the drum-sound here. It's too dried-out, hollow. I'm not suggesting their drummer is bad though. No, the playing on this album is not bad at all and there are all kinds of ideas which are great. The ten songs on this album are showing a band with talent. The competition is hard in this genre and that's why it's hard to convince people. Not all the songs are convincing me. Clearer structures might help as this is not as easy to digest as I would like. The band plays okay however. So, on one hand I like the band, on the other hand the songs are not always convincing me.
Other coverage for this album
HM Magazine #83Reviewed by A Girl Called GordonHard, rhythmic, pounding, driving, yelling, growling; this is hardcore. The thing that caught me on this disc is the vocals. They are good. The rhythms and style that the lyrics are placed into are wonderful. All this is backed up by guitars, bass and drums that drive and force them to go further. This disc may have come out in December of 1999, but it will last forever. This kind of music is…Dead Zine 2000Reviewed by sesspoolSeeing as this album has some fairly annoying screaming in much of the vocal delivery, I'll say that firstly, you will need to give this album more than a couple listens to get past the mediocre vocals. If you can get past the vocals, you'll find some very good hardcore/thrash music here that transits seamlessly from thrashy guitars to points where it almost sounds like the ever-over-rated…Dead Zine 2000Reviewed by SORGThis cd kicks!!!!! I wasn't expecting to like this a whole lot but after repeated listens I can safely say this Ohio based band have come up with a competent and modern sounding album. The closest comparison I can make is that the style of the music (and even the vocals at times) is a lot like Erase or Mindrage except GoT have a lot more tempo changes. Thick downtuned guitar grooves and some…Similar sounding releases
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