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.
