Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Man Destroys Himself - Mexico /San Diego Deathgrind
When it seemed that nearly every single band in the Greater San Diego area was a pile of filth striving to be “BRUTAL” but falling short of anything interesting, I happened upon Man Destroys Himself.
Man Destroys Himself originated in Mexico, and then moved to San Diego. That seems like a horrible idea, from a music-scene standpoint. Nonetheless, they were entirely capable of grasping the fundamentals of metal, drawing influence from bands among the highest ranks of death metal and grindcore, unlike hundreds of metalcore and deathcore clones that infest the area, thereby forging their own brand of deathgrind.
There’s nothing special here insofar as technicality, but they’re fairly skilled. Their vigor reflects itself in their music.
Of particular interest on their Myspace was the track “Macrocosm of Torture”. The music, highly saturated in noise, with drums pounding through with clarity, kept up in pace with the imagery evoked in the lyrics in an ever-changing yet self-similar fashion, matching the intensities of the violent, metaphoric lewd acts described in the lyrics to the music. Vocals are surging in and out where the bass guitar should normally be, but it is hardly missed here.
And then this video here exemplifies how much more awesome their music is. Suck on this, Cannibal Corpse:
Man Destroys Himself - Cloak of Martyr
Man Destroys Himself on Myspace
Album reviews coming soon.
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