As soon as I heard the first gnarly chord of Hot Graves' set at this year's Heart of Winter Fest in Richmond, VA, I was HOOKED. Hellhammer-smashed sounds, goat-worshipping ugliness, d-beaten crustiness, primeval death metalisms, blackened battle kommands and a punk-as-fuck attitude - what's not to love?
LISTEN here - http://www.myspace.com/hotgraves
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Excerpt from Revelations of Doom 2/25/10:
"Hot Graves swear allegiance to like-minded blasphemers in Archgoat, Discharge, Revenge, Hellhammer and Wolfbrigade with their genre-smashing amalgamation of black metal, thrash, crust punk, war metal and heavier-than-hell slabs of primitive death metal (think Necros Christos). Throw in the odd sizzling guitar solo, a quartet of Southern drawls sweet as Waffle House sizzurp, sick Anti-Cimex & Discharge covers and a tongue-in-cheek, fuck-you attitude, and you’ve got yourself one hell of a good time. Wonderfully raw, unabashedly old-school, and undeniably awesome, Hot Graves’ d-beat death dirges are essential listening for those of you that like it nasty. Are they reinventing the wheel? Hell no, but you can bet they’re throwing some pimped-out spiked rims on that bitch!"
Read the full post here: http://www.metalinjection.net/latest-news/desecration-time-hot-graves
And go LISTEN TO THIS FUCKING BAND.
4 comments:
Love these guys, saw them a few times down here in Tampa. Played a few shows with the guys in their other bands. Sick sound.
There is a really sick band from Clearwater, FL called Magog you may dig if you like Hot Graves.
Just checked 'em out - good call! I definitely dig what they're doing - a little more punk than metal, but totally badass. Looks like they're rolling through my city in a couple months, too!
dudes fucking rule, played with them a bunch of times!
always took these guys to be a Midnight wanna-be band when they first started (Hot Graves = name of a Midnight track and earlier songs had riffs and style taken from Midnight's play book). good to see they're branching somewhat into their own sound.
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