The Sawtooth Grin
Cuddlemonster


4.0
excellent

Review

by Confessed2005 USER (107 Reviews)
March 7th, 2015 | 36 replies


Release Date: 2001 | Tracklist

Review Summary: An impressive album, featuring all the classic ingredients to make a fine math/grind outing.

In terms of extremity, The Sawtooth Grin were a band that excelled in making cacophonous music that was quite possibly as extreme as you are likely to get. Their sound is comparable to bands such as The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Daughters and even Converge (it is mostly the vocals that can be compared to Jacob Bannon's fiendish shrieks). From the opening track Give Me the Amulet You Bitch, the listener is barraged with a mix of blastbeats, extremely dissonant and constantly shifting guitar riffs and an absolutely manic vocal performance. The high screams prevalent on the album are well executed and some of the highs attained are utterly ear shattering.

The band also make use of the odd jazzy section (this seems common amongst newer grind bands) as demonstrated on
the track A 2 Minute Lecture On the Finer Points of Instability, during its middle section. The jazz-esque riffs are utilized very well and seamlessly blend in between the ferocious mathcore and grind sections. Whilst each of the main tracks on Cuddlemonster do tend to have similar characteristics, each song is differentiable from one another. Album highlight, Please *** All Over Me I Love It is quite an impressive conglomerate of dissonant, technical guitar work as well as an eerie clean section with somewhat disturbing clean vocals. The penultimate track, Satan Would Sit In the Smoking Section is another impressive track - whilst it is barely over a minute long, it is impressive and interesting that the band manage to fit in so much.

Cuddlemonster closes with an instrumental - simple but highly listenable, a jazz riff is repeated over the top of a basic rhythm on the drums. It is a nice breather from all the chaos showcased on the album and doesn't present itself as a prolonged waste of time (so many bands have closing instrumentals that just drag on). So, in conclusion, Cuddlemonster is a savage display of extremely listenable math/grind. The riffs twist and turn in all sorts of directions and the drumming compliments them wonderfully. As for the vocal performance, it is nothing short of a miracle as to how he achieves those highs. However, it is certain that this album delivers what many math/grind fans want.

Recommended Tracks

A 2 Minute Lecture on the Finer Points of Instability
Satan Would Sit In the Smoking Area
Good Touch Bad Touch 123



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Comments:Add a Comment 
ConcubinaryCode
March 7th 2015


7729 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Fuck yeah! Great review man. I wish these guys made more stuff.

Mort.
March 7th 2015


26157 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Love this album



Vocalist is top tier



Great review aswell

MyNameIsPencil
March 7th 2015


6664 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

These guys are so far one of the few Grindcore groups I can do far really get into

I wish they made more stuff [2]

Veldin
March 7th 2015


5434 Comments


I only listened to this LP once and I just recall the vocals being goddamn ridiculous (not necessarily bad).

Mort.
March 7th 2015


26157 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah the vocals are pushing it a bit

ScarlettPimpernail
March 7th 2015


270 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Vocals are definitely a league of their own. Rules hard though.



From what I know, they are still sorta kinda a band?

DanielNightLewis
March 7th 2015


1027 Comments


Kinda, they put out a bunch of demos from their forever delayed album. It has Jon Karel drumming on it so you know it will punch dicks.

I miss the whole whitebelt grind scene.

YakNips
March 7th 2015


20104 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

i punch people to this tbh

Mort.
March 7th 2015


26157 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Id punch you to this

YakNips
March 7th 2015


20104 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

lets get some punch baeb

Lord(e)Po)))ts
March 7th 2015


70256 Comments


u are way too soft to punch anything or anyone

Mort.
March 7th 2015


26157 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Good touch bad touch 123



^

Yaks sex life



(Please Shit All Over Me I Love It is also relevant)

Avagantamos
March 7th 2015


9053 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

vocals are the highlight here

demigod!
March 7th 2015


49631 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I recall liking this a lot, but maybe it was just the drums/drugs

YakNips
March 7th 2015


20104 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

i punched a bookshelf once i think by accident

Lord(e)Po)))ts
March 7th 2015


70256 Comments


vocals are atrocious

demigod!
March 7th 2015


49631 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

ya theyre kinda tryhard

YakNips
March 7th 2015


20104 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

and mort Meat Hook Marty and the Pajama Party describes it much more accurately

demigod!
March 7th 2015


49631 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

i really like the cover art tho, points for spiky claw monster dude

Mort.
March 7th 2015


26157 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"i punched a bookshelf once i think by accident"



Im not surprised



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