Metal maniacs, rejoice! I am proud to present to you:
MAENTRA; independently unsigned, hailing from the United States of America - performing “Grindustrial” (
in their own words), on their debut full-length album entitled: “
Kundalini Rising” (
released February 18th, 2022). Since formation in 2017; the trio in question have only this here debut full-length album in their discography so far entitled: “
Kundalini Rising”, 7 tracks ranging at around 33:31;
MAENTRA arrange an intricately designed formula on some heavy-hitting “Grindustrial” developments.
Opening up with this synthesized ritual; “
Muladhara” starts off the record with this blistering barrage frenzy on rampantly rompy mayhem, bulldozing eardrums into a grinding berserker with sulfurous yet wildly rushing pandemonium. Nothing but clobbering bestiality batters speakers with monsterously meaty manifestations of rumbling reverberation, quaking thuds & sturdy tightness while punchy weight ramifies with ruthless slabs of solid revs that slay with killer momentum mobility. “
Svadhisthana” unleashes more boisterously bouncy snarls that scour with relentless smacks from consisting but audible bassist
Paul Ryan (
also on vocals), flickering his axe with thumpy maelstrom substance & organic perseverance - he also grunts with raspy throatiness while shouting with yelling authority amongst a guttural growl of roaring malice.
Adam Houmam on drums also slams the set with steely yet profusely robust precision, belting fury stomps out rambunctious yet piledriving momentum where volatile & monolithic tempos rage on with stampeding stability.
Synergized with vibrantly potent archetypes in electronic but archaic synthwork;
Rudy Pina (
also on vocals/guitars) distributes this visceral melody on rapidly swift nimbleness, while this savage shroud of dynamically bulldozing bludgeoning dexterously experiments with viciously hybrid elements in concretely gritty gnarliness and distorted laceration. “
Manipura” executes an amplified adrenaline on volatile chaos, inducing a chiseling flair on havoc-driven contortion, while “
Anahata” attributes with more extreme grime and filthy thickness. Where sonically seamless technicalities persist with progressively trailblazing finesse, amongst a fierce firepower expertise that will make you want to break chairs over other chairs in a strident strife of swerving malevolence - while making good use of those atmospheric forges of ambient harmonies also.
“
Vishuddha” more trembling panache outres with salubrious uproar & surging vehemence, utilizing versatile hardiness in an intensely immense fabrication of radically wicked yet flexible fundamental crunchiness for good measure. Where this alarming density crafts a creative conundrum in spectral tones of piercing bombast and flamboyant furore, until the penultimate banger “
Anja” bruises eardrums with more primitively raw subjugation tactics that methodically smother speakers with massive grumblings amongst a groveling but arbitrary crescendo that towers with outrageous tremolo patterns to boot. As “
Sahasrara” overall concludes “
Kundalini Rising” with more majestic yet ominously jarring blitzkrieg, an epic album of ferocious flow that revocates with groundbreaking hysteria and a borderline foundation on punchline madness that will unleash your maniacal, diabolica insanity in no time. …you have been warned though, near the end a mass noise of increasing and magnifying volume soon wastes over a minute of your time… should you fancy damaging your poor eardrums, hearing this until it finishes is a little… bizarre however, it’s basically what an amplifier sounds like in a live setting once left unattended should you have never experienced this before.
Bottom line; a record worthy of spinning & replaying a good few times, this is an enjoyably entertaining discovery that’s surely worth noting - definitely a listen that will pump up your day, do check it out.
Songwriting: 8
Musicianship: 8
Memorability: 7
Production: 8