Death metal project Gruesome was born out of guitarist / vocalist Matt Harvey and drummer Gus Rios allying with the Death To All tours (Harvey served as frontman for the original mini-tour and Rios played "Baptised in Blood" and worked with DTA drummer Sean Reinert the following US tour, which featured Exhumed as support). After discussing and dismissing the idea of putting together another incarnation of DTA to focus solely on their first two albums, Harvey half-jokingly suggested that the pair write their own songs in an intentional homage to Death. It wasn't long before the idea caught on and the band soon had five tracks written. While Harvey wrote in California, Rios recruited Possessed guitarist Daniel Gonzalez and Derketa bassist Robin Mazen to record the material in Florida, while Harvey tracked down his vocals on the West Coast. Gruesome released a pair of single-song demos in 2014 and was subsequently signed to Relapse Records in June of that year, with a full-length release (recorded in Florida, of course) slated for early next year. The result of those recordings would become the band's debut album Savage Land, a truly gruesome Leprosy-style record released in April 2015. It's clear from the song quality of Savage Land that Gruesome is humbly determined to keep Death's classic sound alive as faithfully as possible, and the critical acclaim for Savage Land reflects the band's dedication. Metal Injection called Savage Land "the advanced, dripping-red-from-the-corners-of-a-coffin, putrid, mean death metal throwback you've been waiting for", while Exclaim stated that "the buzz on Savage Land alone is impressive. "After the positive reception of Savage Land, Gruesome knew they wanted to continue their tribute and decided that any true death tribute band must sink their teeth into the undiluted ferocity of Death's early material. Their upcoming EP reflects that sentiment: produced by the band and co-produced/recorded with Jarrett Pritchard at New Constellation Studios RMP in Orlando, FL, Dimensions of Horror is a gruesome salute to Death's iconic Scream Bloody Gore and again features cover art by the legendary Ed Repka (Death, Atheist, Massacre). A six-song slab of creepy, bone-crunching death metal jams, Dimensions Of Horror continues the evolution of Gruesome. Paying homage to the genre's founding fathers and proving that regardless of the decade, old school death metal is always relevant, always brutal, and always compelling. With an all-star cast and unmatched songwriting skills, Gruesome is ready and able to drive the historical feel and sincerity of the spirit of death into the present. Now, in 2018, Gruesome continues to pay homage to death metal's predecessors with a two-song Death Human era record. Fragments of Psyche EP features a brand new studio track with special guest drumming from the legendary Sean Reinert (Death, Cynic) as well as a "Humanized" reworking of the classic Death track "Choke On It". Fragments Of Psyche offers a glimpse into the next era of Gruesome.
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