Metal Shock Finland (World Assault )

Artist – Grenouer
Album – Computer Crime Ep
Label – Copro Records (UK)
Year – 21 / 11 / 2011
Duration 19:01

1. Last Stop
2. Rejected
3. See No Sun
4. Fix Your Life
5. Golden Years
6. See No Sun (Radio Edit)

Grenouer are a Russian band that hail from St. Petersburg have achieved cult status in their homeland and have been able to penetrate the confines of the Iron Curtain. The band has been through some transitions since they were formed they started off with Underground/ Death Metal Genre. Over the years they have had line changes, which happens with a few bands until they come up with the right formula for what they want. In 1996 they brought out their, debut album Border Of Misty Times then followed up by Gravehead in 1999. In 2006 they finally broke away from the Death Metal Genre and into an experimental sound by fusing polyrhythms into the structure of their songs. Their albums, was well received by a large number of worldwide musical publications later on they signed with Locomotive Records which opened up new horizons for the band. Then Locomotive Records announce that they were closing there activities in the business which forced Grenouer to look for new Management and that happened in 2011 when Copro Records came in. The band has now released their seventh CD Computer Crime EP, which was recorded, produced and mixed at ‘Astia’ Studio in Finland.

The Ep starts off with Last Stop a good song with good clean vocals, rhythmic drums and some very good guitars and solo’s it sets the overall Ep very well. Rejected starts off with the clean vocals with a nice little riff then it bursts into life with a heavy riff and powerful drums. The song has a really good riff that carries on through the song, which makes the song just, jump right out at you. See No Sun starts off very slowly with the keyboards then the vocals come in softly then halfway through the song it has some heavy riffs come in then back to the soft melody. Which I personally do love after a hard day at work I could put this song on and just relax for the rest of the day. Fix Your Life goes back to the heavy guitars and the straight powerful drums and good clean vocals. Again on this song it has a good heavy riff that goes through most of the song that makes the song what it is really good. Golden Years starts off with a mix with the drums and keyboards then the unique vocals come in but again this song has some really good riffs and bass lines. It changes in the middle slightly with some clean guitars but then the whole song is quite a soft song, which is really good on the ears, which will make you play it over and over again. There is a final song the Ep, which is a radio edit of See No Sun.

Overall

This EP is very good it is something that I would put on and sit chill out with a couple of songs then get up and rock out on the others. The vocals have a unique sound to them which is really good The guitars have some heavy riffs then changes to really soft ones which just show how good they really are. You can never tell that this band started off playing Death Metal, as you would think they have been playing this style for a very long time. The guys should be really proud with what they have done on this EP cause it is really well made.

Line Up:
Andrey Ind – Lead Vocals
Alexander Motor – Guitars
Igor Arbue – Guitars
Michael Coroner – Drums
Anssi Kippo – Guest Bass & Keyboards

Reviewed By David Pearce