![]() ![]() Really happy to see that Bobby managed to make his mark on a major label effort after the I4NI and Grip Inc. ![]() When I heard this record for the first time, I assumed Grossman was still the vocalist, but it totally floored me when I realized that the vocals are performed by none other than Bobby Gustafson from Overkill! His timbre is quite hoarse and tormented, with a venomous edge that puts him just about on par with Adam. Along with such abstractions come the obvious fact that the experimental elements that made Dusted such a treat are truncated somewhat, but the weight is sustained via other mediums. This is easily Skrew's heaviest album until they decided to pull out the death metal trump card after the reunion, certainly an artifact of the signing to Metal Blade some time earlier. ![]() ![]() That said, the formulae employed within are fairly unsophisticated and candid, with Grossman's riffs segueing between lurching doom dirges and more animated thrash patterns, and he glazes such with occasional drones and pinch harmonics. It is easy to just write much of these albums off as typical '90s fodder, but just like its predecessor, Shadow of Doubt still holds up today. Just like the band's earlier albums, Skrew are irrefutably a thrash band, but working on an altogether alien level that many may find uncomfortable to listen to. The sound here is pretty much a straight continuity from Dusted on a basic level dark and crushing, with Grossman's iniquitous vision honed into an armor-piercing projectile of industrial aggro pandering ensconced with reliance on the almighty thrash riff. In fact, I prefer much of this material to Ministry's post- Psalm 69 '90s stuff. Angel Seed XXIII was an abortion of an album, but Skrew was just insanely on point during the short window that encapsulates both Dusted and Shadow of Doubt. ![]()
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