Phil Dirt - Reverb Central - PO Box 1609, Felton, CA 95018-1609 USA Gein and the Grave Robbers - The Passion Of The Anti-Christ
 | Gein and the Grave Robbers present 13 tales from your nightmares. Most are very similar, many non-melodic, yet there's something magnetic about looking in the face of darkness. |
Picks: Invocation, The Hungry Grave, The Phantom Of Route 44, Black Sunday, Of Gods And Monsters, Brackish Soul, Nine Day Fall, The Creeping Unknown, House Of Skulls, Unhallowed, Severed, Gemini, Into The Abbey Of Thelema
Track by Track Review
Graveyard Surfabilly (Instrumental)
The anti-monks chant while an eerie progression develops. This is a short introductory track that's actually pretty cool.
Graveyard Surfabilly (Instrumental)
"The Hungry Grave" is a relentless ride down a dark street, with great drums and rumbling danger. The riff creates nervousness while you wade through the dank and dangerous swamp of your nightmares.
Graveyard Surfabilly (Instrumental)
Somewhere along a deserted highway, the Spectre spreads nails for your tires to impale themselves upon. Angular and a little nervous, "The Phantom Of Route 44" is dark and moody, as well as relentless.
Graveyard Surfabilly (Instrumental)
The darkness of the melody is at odds with the stop-start arrangement. "Black Sunday" is intense, but not engaging.
Graveyard Surfabilly (Instrumental)
A rockabilly beat drives a rockabilly styled melody destined for a grave yard. The rhythm guitar cool, and the melody line dark. "Of Gods And Monsters"doesn't let you rest.
Graveyard Surfabilly (Instrumental)
"Brackish Soul" is just that, a brackish song of relentless angularity and stilted melody. Dark and pumpin'.
Graveyard Surfabilly (Instrumental)
"Nine Day Fall" has a lot in common with Armageddon's "Buzzard," though it's less intense. The dark side reigns as the song progresses. The drums are very nice, and the chords in the break are fine!
Graveyard Surfabilly (Instrumental)
This is a quirky monster show instro with an almost catchy melody. More poppy than others here in some ways, but mostly dark and chunky.
Graveyard Surfabilly (Instrumental)
Big drama, angular dissonance, and some spunky-cool guitar lines. "House Of Skulls" comes on slowly, but captures your imagination's darker corners. Lots of danger and anger lurking in the recesses of this song.
Graveyard Surfabilly (Instrumental)
Starting out like a cheap tinny radio, "Unhallowed" pumps up to become a chunky song with a dark heart and relentless soul.
Graveyard Surfabilly (Instrumental)
"Severed" has a circular melody line that's very dark. In many ways, the moodiness of the bass seems to hold it together. The melody is repetitious, and the energy dark.
Graveyard Surfabilly (Instrumental)
A chorus chants while the guitar sets up a mood. Then, the song romps into a fast-ish escapade through a dark dungeon.
Into The Abbey Of Thelema Graveyard Surfabilly (Instrumental)
Exotic semi-sitar sounding guitar haunts the opener, but once the song ensues, it's not unlike the others here. The melody is relentless and beat frantic.