True - Still Life
True – Still Life CD (Greenger Records)
Death Metal/Grindcore is generally ‘Marmite’ music due to the straight ahead, uncompromising (some may argue fundamentalist), approach to writing and playing. So it’s always impressive to find a band pushing the envelope, and in ‘Still Life’, Croat’s True do just that. Incorporating a traditional Croatian folk instrument called a tambura throughout the seven songs on this release adds an extra dimension to the music. The replacement of guitar solos with the trebly warble of the tambura invokes an interesting juxtaposition to the blast-beat drums, growled vocals and down tuned guitars resulting in a mix of the technical death metal of Suffocation, the grind of Napalm Death and off kilter folk of SOAD. One of the most innovative acts in this genre I have heard in a long time. Highly recommended. Contact: www.myspace.com/truezrud Ian Pickens
