Craig Owens' grindcore EP

2016-02-01 by Brandon Scott EMERITUS | 52 Comments
Craig Owens (Chiodos, D.R.U.G.S.) and a yet to be named friend have released a seven-minute, four-song grindcore EP under the name Bea5t. Recorded last summer, the title of the release is 'Empathy Is A Gift', and can be bought/streamed below.
http://cheerupkid.bandcamp.com/album/empathy-is-a-gift-ep

Tagged: Bea5t

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TheSpirit
Emeritus
February 1st 2016
30304 Comments


this actually rips

Comatorium.
February 1st 2016
5043 Comments


Right? Holy shit. This does rip.

JigglyPDiddy
February 1st 2016
3721 Comments


Did not see that coming, hory shet.

JWT155
February 1st 2016
14948 Comments


Hot damn this is awesome.

Sinternet
Contributing Reviewer
February 1st 2016
26569 Comments


damn tiiight who knew that Craig Owens could actually make something worthwile

JWT155
February 1st 2016
14948 Comments


All's Well that End's Well is still a great record, even if a guilty pleasure, in my eyes.

Tyler.
February 1st 2016
19020 Comments


Band name is cringey but I'll check it out I guess

Comatorium.
February 1st 2016
5043 Comments


All Chiodos' stuff except Devil is decent. I only ever jam All's Well very occasionally but still.

BeeRyan
February 1st 2016
1799 Comments


I jam all Craig's stuff, even Devil. All's Well and Bone Palace are still so much fun.

But yeah, this is tight af

anarchistfish
February 1st 2016
30310 Comments


nice defeater artwork

Mort.
February 1st 2016
25062 Comments


They have named the friend in an article i read it earlier

And yeah this is sick already started a review for it earlier today

alienobserver
February 1st 2016
4499 Comments


can't believe this is actually good lol

anarchistfish
February 1st 2016
30310 Comments


Band name is cringey


the irony

Tyler.
February 1st 2016
19020 Comments


The irony

JWT155
February 1st 2016
14948 Comments


How cheesy

cvlts
February 1st 2016
9938 Comments


gonna have to tighten the mesh shorts and fitted caps for this one

#PitBeef2016

mofongotron
February 1st 2016
49 Comments


Dang, upon a cursory listen I can say that the music is great, but the vocals aren't doing it for me (I was hoping for more of a Botch style delivery). Additionally, they seem a little disconnected in the mix, does anyone else think this?

Satellite
February 1st 2016
26539 Comments


i really expected to hate that, but it's mighty decent.

dbizzles
February 1st 2016
15193 Comments


I'm no authority on grind, but this is pretty sweet.

rufinthefury
February 1st 2016
3963 Comments


the drumming sucks but otherwise its actually not bad yeah

ShakeSoda
February 1st 2016
156 Comments


That one scream towards the end of "Werewolves, Not Swearwolves" though. Never knew Craig had THIS in him.

portableheadd
February 1st 2016
81 Comments


Came for the curiosity, stayed for the What We Do in the Shadows reference, downloaded for the notbadness.

DoctorDoom
February 1st 2016
2987 Comments


Life's weird.

Deathconscious
February 1st 2016
27347 Comments


"Werewolves, Not Swearwolves"

nice reference to that one movie, i forgot what its called.

GreyShadow
February 1st 2016
7031 Comments


did not expect this even remotely, lol it put me in a very good mood

Mort.
February 1st 2016
25062 Comments


"i forgot what its called"

what we do in the shadows

theyre doing a sequel focusing on the werewolves apparently

cliiint
February 1st 2016
1363 Comments


Didn't expect sputnik to like this

Did not expect to not like this



NewBallistics
February 1st 2016
929 Comments


For a throwaway EP, this has more effort put into it that anything else I've seen him do. His vocals remind me of Mike Patton's in DEP.

dbizzles
February 1st 2016
15193 Comments


'theyre doing a sequel focusing on the werewolves apparently'

Fuck yeah. The original was fantastic. I need to see it again.

zaruyache
February 1st 2016
27367 Comments


A werewolf sequel? I am so suddenly pumped; the first film was fantastic.

Trebor.
Emeritus
February 1st 2016
59838 Comments


I like this
I don't like many things

Balerion
February 2nd 2016
1060 Comments


Damn. Solid. Go Craig Owens...

Durrzo
February 2nd 2016
3276 Comments


Are those supposed to be actual words?

impoppy
February 2nd 2016
2250 Comments


What the fuck

Spec
February 2nd 2016
39400 Comments


Still trying to not like it.
But I do

I do like it.

Cygnatti
February 2nd 2016
36021 Comments


yeah it's awful

hesperus
February 2nd 2016
1455 Comments


It's good, but benefitting hugely from lowered expectations. It's about on par with #12LLY's debut. Not exactly Gridlink-tier.

cliiint
February 2nd 2016
1363 Comments


There's nothing interesting here but I don't listen to anything grind

enjoimx
February 2nd 2016
86 Comments


Yeah they seem a little disconnected in the mix, does anyone else think this?

I definitely agree, couldn't put my finger on it what it was but that's a good way to describe it. They sound off for sure. I like the vocals though, they just could've been mixed better.

It's so surprising from Owens to be honest. It makes me really think why has it taken him so long to do this style of music, because this is waaaaay better than anythig chip dos is done and that was my Highschool jam haha

BlueSwan
February 2nd 2016
570 Comments


Rips

BlueSwan
February 2nd 2016
570 Comments


Oh cyg and hep don't like it what a surprise

torts
February 2nd 2016
4298 Comments


RIPS WHAT THE FUCK

owen
February 2nd 2016
5146 Comments


grind for people who hate grind

botb
February 2nd 2016
17796 Comments


Shit is bad. Production is awful, everything is programmed to shit and the best part surprisingly is Owens' vocals. But this isn't even remotely grind.

torts
February 2nd 2016
4298 Comments


it's not grind but it still fucking rips regardless

Evreaia
February 2nd 2016
5405 Comments


damn Craig sounds great on this.

never thought I'd say that..

botb
February 2nd 2016
17796 Comments


It sounds like he recorded this using a rock band mic and audacity haha

Bengweeen
February 3rd 2016
148 Comments


Is all the positivity here sarcastic or something? Craig's vocals are the most scene-black-eyeliner-straight-hair sounding throat gargles I've ever heard. I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be a joke because he's definitely not saying any real words.

dawija1017
February 3rd 2016
691 Comments


Would be cool if the screaming wasn't straight nonsense

Ashen
February 3rd 2016
1543 Comments


This is awful

MillionDead
February 3rd 2016
5296 Comments


Shame on me for coming here and expecting some legit grind and Craig Owens in the same place. Were I allowed to have lower expectations, I might have thought this was mediocre. But the comments hyped this up for me. This is really bad. See You Next Tuesday type scene grind at very best. The breakdowns and weedly wee bits are pretty stupid. The vocals are decent. The computer plug-in guitar tone and blatantly programmed drums aren't doing it any favors too. This dude has been putting out mediocre to just barely good music his whole career.

Nikkolae
February 3rd 2016
6624 Comments


this is nowhere near grind, like not even by a mile, still jamz pretty hard for the Chiodos guy



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