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Head Cleaner: Resistance, determination and the sheer will to overcome

19/03/12  ||  Smalley

Your death/grind band is called “Head Cleaner”…? Oh, fucken METAL; I can’t wait to hear from VCR Quick-Rewind Machine or whatever the hell those things used to be called. Anyway, these guys are from Greece, but they’re not about to dethrone Septicflesh anytime soon; “Resistance, determination and the sheer will to overcome pointlessly long record titles” is a 7 track, 23 minute EP, with some normal-length songs, some stereotypically short, grind-y “microsongs”, and one pointlessly long, odd 8 minute epic to top it all off at the end.

It starts off decently enough with some Napalm Death-inspired riffing/vocals (Head Cleaner’s vocalist definitely has that same dry roar as ND) and nicely energetic percussion, though the first track is a bit overly repetitive. Things soon get kinda boring though, with plenty of sound but not much signifying anything, and the unwelcome appearance of pig-grunting doesn’t help my mood any either. This isn’t a bad EP overall at all, it’s just that Cleaner either can’t write catchy, memorable shit consistently enough, or they have a difficult time committing to one consistent songwriting style.

6/10: Still some good moments here though, would not turn down hearing from these guys again.

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