Dennis: I wasn’t all too positive about the last album ‘9mm Facial’ of Dutch death metallers Grindminded, and still our chief editor has passed this CD on to me for reviewing. Somewhat sceptical I started listening to their third full length album ‘Domestic Violence’ and to my surprise I must say these guys have developed in a positive way. Now, three years later, the band has landed a contract with US based Open Grave Records and also parted ways with their bassist and co-founder Henke, who left to play with God Dethroned. On ‘Domestic Violence’ he is replaced by Jasper Bolderdijk (who has recently been replaced by Gea Mulder). Together with producer Jörg Uken, Grindminded recorded ten new tracks in the Soundlodge Studios in Germany, where bands like Obscenity, Toxocara, God Dethroned and Dew Scented recorded earlier as well.
‘Domestic Violence’ is another violent display of raw old school death metal, with a singer who sounds somewhat like Jan-Chris de Koeijer in Gorefest’s early days. Grindminded play their death metal with conviction and like I already mentioned, the band has made quite some progress compared to the‘9mm Facial’ album. Songs like ‘Killing Spree’ and ‘Impaled With A Grin’ are catchy and brutal at the same time and after listening to the songs a couple of times they even stick around in your head. The old school death metal sound of Grindminded is still not original at all, but since old school is not about being innovative, the sound is just right. ‘Domestic Violence’ simply is the right food for old school death metal fans. Add to this a powerful production and professional looking cover artwork and Grindminded have the perfect foundation to tour around the underground clubcircuit for another year or two.
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