Blue Blood

So, we have Atrocity’s transition from grindcore to death metal on this single. Production sucks pretty badly, but take into consideration how early in their careers this was released and just let it slide. The guitars are audible, if not sounding twenty feet away from where they should be recording. Bass is usually only audible when the guitars aren’t all over the scene, but sometimes you may get mixed up what is the bass drum being hit and what is a bass being played, so fuck if I know. On that unheard note, the drumming is probably the best part, really drowning out everything else and keeping the rhythm better than the guitars can.

The vocals here are either really pathetic screams, decent growls, or speaking parts. The speaking goes hand-in-hand with some of the better leadwork present on the second track, which, although relatively impressive, doesn’t last long. I’m not the biggest fan of grindish death metal as this is, but it might hold over some people and as a single isn’t really that bad. Nothing is memorable in the slightest bit, but they can really improve off of their formula here. Lyrics are pretty good too, but sadly the lackluster delivery thinks otherwise. Really, it’s quite indecipherable to even care.

Graded as a single recorded with barely any support ahead of time in the bowels of who the hell cares in a time of disgust and cookies by members who’d go on to screw themselves over and return to relative form… this is a damn, dirty single.