Mortician's Apprentice

I was fairly skeptical when I first heard of Sledgehammer Autopsy. The majority of underground grind bands I’ve heard of aren’t worth your time. I truly wasn’t expecting anything amazing (or even good), since it’s underground grind and it’s a demo. But I was proven wrong. It’s a very promising start for the young band.

The demo is a lot better than most of the current grind bands (in my opinion most of them palm mute a few random notes with blasts in the background.) Sledgehammer Autopsy wrote their songs very nicely and this demo doesn’t ever get boring. The guitar tone is pretty good for the most part, taking in mind it’s a demo. It’s played out pretty well, too. No amateur mistakes that tend to pop up in most demos. As for the bass, I think it’s distorted…thus being directly inaudible. There’s only a few places I could actually pick out his track. As for drums, I couldn’t tell if they were real or fake. Turns out they’re the latter. Being that I couldn’t tell the difference, that means they’re very well programmed (impressive actually, because drums can be hard to program). The final song sounds like an entirely different band. It’s very harsh and raw. If it weren’t for the gargling vocals, I could swear its black metal. It’s out of place, but it’s at the end so it’s no problem. And speaking of the vocals, they’re fantastic. Very good gargles and low grunts. They’re impressive, since I find inhale vocals very difficult to do…especially squeals.

There’s not much else to say about this demo, since it’s only eleven minutes long. But I will say that I’m looking forward to future releases from Sledgehammer Autopsy. I recommend you do aswell.