Gilla Bruja - Tooth And Nail
Members:
Paul 'Wilda Beast' March - Vocals/Bass
Adam Crowley - Guitar
Kev Reid - Drums
Lyndon Renee - Samples
Year Of Release:
Band Info:
An industrial death/doom/grind/sludge metal band, named after the Mexican cult of the Lizard Witch, who in the 13th century would slaughter a whole village overnight
Label: Retribute Records
The Review
The first album by the British death metal monsters Gilla Bruja.
Girl's Bones Found (4/5) is the first track on ts album. Rather an odd track at that I have to say, it is a mixture of samples from horror movies, one or two of them being screams, then a sound of someone (possibly the person screaming) hitting the floor.
It then rolls straight into the first musical track of the album
Barrel Roll (4/5), which starts off with a medium paced guitar riff, then suddenly Paul screams and the drums and thunderous bass kicks in. There's a pause, and a fast grind bit comes in. As the song goes on, the riff changes and the song slows down a bit to a more doomy, sludgy riff.
The next track
Whipped (5/5) is one of my personal favourites.
It has this really cool sounding industrial sample that loops all the way through the song, but doesn't get annoying. As usual, you can't understand a thing Paul March is shouting/screaming, and they don't release lyrics. It also around the middle bit has another sample (from a movie no doubt), some guy saying "Hell; it's gonna be a family f**king reunion"...interesting. This song doesn't go all hyperfast on us, it stays medium paced all the way through.
This next track
Exit Wound (5/5) is one of my favourites too. It starts off with Paul screaming something I can't make out a word of, and the drums and guitars going grindcorish, then all of a sudden it stops, and a new slower riff starts, and then the drums and bass come in. After a while Paul comes in screaming again. Probably the best track on the album.
Sprawl (5/5) is also a really good track. Wait...what's this I hear? A guitar with no distortion? Oh wait...here's the heavy f**king riff! It starts off with another sample that sounds like an old man/woman saying something, and a slow acoustic guitar riff comes in. Then after a while a distorted/overdriven guitar plays it. Then while the guitars are stopped, and that old woman sample is played again, Paul plays the bassline of the the guitar riff. Then at 1:47, the riff changes into something like the alternate riff on Whipped.
Dog Boy (4/5) starts off with a sample as usual "Nobody carries the dog boy", and some weird thing comes in, which sounds suspiciously like a turntable that has been distorted. Then when the guitar, bass and drums come in, this song has a really good groove to it.:lol:
It Fades Away (4/5) kicks off with a riff that is reminiscent of Exit Wound, then later some palm muted riff which is headbangingly good when it gets going.
No Rhyme No Reason (4/5) is one of their more doom/slugdier songs, starting off with a drumbeat that sounds a bit like a slowed down version of Slipknot's "Eyeless". This also has an industrial sample going through it later, which sounds like a hammer on metal...no, it's not a St Anger snare drum:lol:
Kerbiter (3/5) starts with a sample that sounds similar to Girl's Bones Found, the song is like Whipped; it maintains the same speed throughout and goesn't go either all doomy or grindcorish.
No Good Will Come (5/5) has probably the eeriest intro on the album, a mixture of samples, being cicadas chirruping at night, and this female choir voice which sounds really creepy. Then a blastbeat and the song kicks into action. It is a grindcore song, but it's a medium paced one (for grindcore), maybe about 170BPM..
Now, the final track of the album:
Hell On Me (4/5), starts with this sample that gets on my nerves, sounds like someone crying in fear, but it's annoying. Overall though, the guitar work on this track is good, drums are medium paced, and Paul March screams his lungs out.
Overall this is a brilliant metal album, essential for any extreme metal music fan.
