RAMLORD
Crippled Minds, Sundered Wisdom Review

Ramlord give a harsh soundscape of the everyday sounds of a bitter life. All arranged into a hundred different rhythms. Cynical and sardonic they deliver the ugliness of life, with subjects from a lifeless old age, blind acceptance and the monotony of modern life. A growling sore throat soars above the musick and delivers lines like ‘Consume hard drugs and mutilate yourself’ or more direct minimal lyrics like ‘Fuck all…pigs’.

The album opens with ‘Nihil Fucking Lifeblood’ which follows a heavy musical tradition of starting with a slow pacing melodic riff, then stopping abruptly for some real heavy chaos. The difference here is from there they go from crusty punk to blast beats to slow sludge. They have this type of unconventional song structure throughout. Lots of changes but the the songs still maintain a decent flow. I suppose if you wanted to label the band you’d use something along the lines of blackened crust. But there is a lot going on here from crusty sludge to whatever other heavy down tuned genre you can think of.

Ramlord give a breath of fresh air I think, remember those distant echoes of when bands had originality, energy and enthusiasm. Even though perhaps all from a dark cynical place. This is what Ramlord have, all with a dark consciousness of the mundane factory floor.

Standout tracks being ‘Weakness’, ‘Dependency’ and the opener ‘Nihil Fucking Lifeblood’. ‘Extinction of Clairvoyance (Part Two)’ hits the proverbial nail on the head for an album like this by to finish with. A simple heavy riff but played with great power and just gets heavier and heavier, faster and faster but all at a steady rate. I want to see them live, come to Europe.

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