To be perfectly honest, I bought this disc because I wanted to expand my collection of bands that have "Gore" as the prefix of their name. As of now, I have Goratory, Gorefest, Gorgasm, Gorguts, Gorerotted, and now Goreopsy. Feel free to add more to this, as I predict this will be the million-dollar question on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" It will read something like, "Name six death metal bands with ‘Gore’ in the title", Teufel will be the life-line, provide the answer, and he will thank me for this review for enlightening him to the path to the temple of death metal knowledge (Ha!). Well, this probably would not happen but it would be worth dusting off the VCR and taping it if it did happen. Apparently, there is a Death Metal Institute (my SAT scores weren’t good enough to get in) and I found that there is a Gorelock as well. All of the aforementioned bands have nothing in common except that they play some form (term used loosely, especially to later day Gorefest) of death metal.

Goreopsy play their own form of brutal death while abusing their drum programming machine. Very few bands are able to adjust their sound when using a drum machine, for once this is mentioned, one has a basic idea of what this disc sounds like. The best parallel I can make is to Putrid Pile, a band that plays a similar style. The riffs are heavy, consisting mostly of chords being played at a ridiculous speed and some harmonics. The slower riffs are worthy of some slow, steady head-nodding to go along with the mild pace. The songs are structured well in a very simple sort of way. The vocals consist mostly of low gurgling. And the drum machine can be ridiculous at times. I have read that this band has been called Devourment with a drum machine. While the mosh riffs are brutal, they do not vary much and can often sound the same. Even for someone like me, a connoisseur of mosh riffs, the brutality is there, just lacking that edge that a band like Devourment has.

My enthusiasm about this disc is really flying off the paper, isn’t it? This reflects my sentiments about this release. There is nothing ground-breaking about this disc but it has its merits. It is heavy, brutal, and simple. And by simple, I do not mean that the guitar parts can be played by a novice but that the songs, in their entirety, are basic. However, this is the band’s style and they are good at what they do. The fact that this is an E.P. may be beneficial; I’m not sure if a full-length would have been as enjoyable merely because it would have gotten quite boring. I know Goreopsy have released a full-length that I have yet to hear. I would hope that they have added a few variables into the mix to make the songs a bit more interesting to accommodate a full-length release. If you enjoy simple brutality, this is a decent release. I believe this disc has been re-released. I have the original, which I know can get me at least $4000 on E-Bay.

Written By: Double Ds