Making Up For The Past At The Black Dahlia
GRYND RODD MUSE will be joined by JUGGERNAUGHT & MESADOTH for a night of awesome rock and metal the way it's meant to be done.
Last Year we were scheduled to play at the Dahlia in support of our first album "the Violence of Apathy", but due to sudden illness we were forced to cancel 4 weeks worth of shows as Sean was hospitilized. We Have done make up dates at all venues we missed except at the Dahlia, and now we on our way there in support of our second album "Bloodline" with our good pals JUGGERNAUGHT!
Juggernaught are a bunch of hairy, whiskey guzzling, guitar slingin men, who play hairy, whiskey guzzling, guitar slingin music, they combine Classic Rock, Southern Metal, Blues and Rock 'n Roll into one loud, dirty and bad ass brew theycall MAN-ROCK
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MESADOTH was born in 1995 and are continuing to uphold that "Traditional Old School Thrash Metal" style combined with highly strict focus on song structuring and basic anthology
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Southern Blast 2
Right so fresh of the Death Fest gig we head off into Southern Blast 2 down the South Coast of KZN.
Southern Blast is a one day festival on the 3rd July in Hibberdene (south coast-Durban) Featuring 13 bands from 12am to 12pm. Camping and chalets avalible. Cash Bar!! and enough metal to make you open your own gun factory!
The awesome D-Tour girls will be there handing out free shooters and doing a bar crawl.
Bands on the bill are: Warthane(JHB), Contrast The Water, Reverend Henry Kane, Theatre Runs Red, Pledge Defiance, Grynd Rodd Muse, Paige Of State, Through The Eyes Of Hades, Hatespeech, Vengeance Resides, Beyond The Pale and The Hollow.
Gig Dates
The GRM crew bring you some dates to mark down in your calander.
25 June – Deathfest @ Burn
3 July – Southern Blast
9 July - Pretoria TBA
10 July - JHB TBA
6 August – Red Door
17 Sept – Red Door
24 Sept – Firkin
26 Nov – Red Door
More news to follow soon........
Review from Wicked Rock...
South Africa’s GRYND RODD MUSE reaches out to all with their sophomore release, from the quick-fix playstation generation to true metallers. Even cavemen would be unable to resist headbanging. Accessibility, pounding and manly, is the beauty of the Bloodline CD.
‘Blood & Scars’, the blasting first single, is a strong representative of what’s to come. It’s crammed with attitude; violent and self-assertive. Like other groove metallists (Pantera, Coal Chamber) before them, the songs are in-your-face, an honesty that always let’s you know where you stand…and with it is a better place to be.
Good musicianship is the foundation. Allan’s guitaring is consummately appreciative of the genre, fill of riffs but with excursions into thrash and the delightful rarity of short, melodic soling. Chris is the rock, his drumming rhythmic and well directional, possessing more excitement than ever presented before. When he gives respite the silence is made more poignant by his quick return to power. Garry’s bass is the man-at-war accompaniment. Considering the extensive history of the other band members when he joined them for the last CD, The Violence of Apathy, he was a newcomer, an oddity in this smoke-too-much crowd. But he’s drunk them under the table, shrugged off his post-grunge origins and embraced Bloodline with his best bass yet. Singers bear much responsibility as it’s too them that the general public most identifies with. Sean’s lyrics are strongest in single sentences but overall, objectively, seem too simple and repetitive yet, somehow, subjectively, become hypnotic, a rock mantra for those not seeking peace but rather release. Some have compared his voice to Peter Hayes’ (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club). Although it’s a compliment, and i can hear it sometimes, i do find him to be more infectious in the choruses, his semi-automatic delivery as meaningful as the breakdowns.
Compliments would be incomplete without a nod to producer Brent Quinton of Sesalos Studios in Durban. He seems an unlikely choice considering his large association with radio rock, acoustic and pop acts. I’d have expected overproduction but instead he’s found the natural resonance in the band, emphasized it with subtle flair whilst retaining their grittiness.
As for the songs themselves, it’s damn difficult to choose a favourite. In fact, i listed 7 of the 10 songs when trying to choose which has resulted in me listening to the CD on repeat. Sayings such as “balls to the walls” and “metal up your arse” aren’t cliched descriptions here, instead primal fundamentals exploring the roots of hard rock gaining the razor’s edge. GRYND RODD MUSE’s Bloodline is an exceptional contribution to 2010.
