Album Reviews

Okay, so not everything Victory releases these days quite lives up to my standards. But then in comes an album by a band called Grave Maker who get right in your face with some aggressive hardcore. The artwork they slapped on “Ghosts Among Men” may lead you to think that you’re in for some Viking metal, but these guys are quick to set you straight with opener “Ghosts Among Men”, a slow burner that taps from the same vein as Call To Preserve and the likes.

From there on the band rages through the tracklisting, never taking too long to make their point but always making sure to inject their material with great riffage, excellent breakdowns and some nice and heavy barks with the occasional gang vocals backing up the vocalist. Closer “Never Be Like You” is the odd one out, lasting for well over five minutes but not boring once. Grave Maker come in quick, tear down the house and leave through what used to be the backdoor in half an hour. And they get the job done just fine.