Australian deathgrind act Gorotica are morbidly thrilled to release their second full-length album, “Daily Grind of the Medieval Age”, in both digital and vinyl formats through BandCamp from October 3rd. After unleashing their bloodthirsty debut album “Morbid Menagerie” in 2022 and a slew of teaser singles earlier this year the new album continues both the musical and thematic intensity established by its predecessor.
Picking up where their debut record “Morbid Menagerie” left off, both musically and thematically, opening track “Dirge of the Breaking Wheel” features a prior melodic refrain and sets a sombre, reverent mood. This is quickly shattered by the churning riffs of “A Helping Hand” which kick down the chamber door and usher in the album proper, setting the table for an eighteen-track-course meal of medieval cannibalistic deathgrind served over a thirty-five minute long feast of extreme metal carnage.
Gorotica invites the listener on a grotesquely entertaining tour of the Middle Ages, with a blend of grisly death metal and blistering hyperblasting grindcore as the main attraction. The record also sees a modest serving of hardcore and groove metal carving through the cacophony, with a litany of other unexpected musical moments appearing throughout the runtime.
A host of vile and darkly humorous lyrical content weaves tales of ghastly medieval torture, necrophilic perversions, clock-watching executioners and gory cannibalism throughout the compositions. These are vocalised by band leader Jon Von Cannibale in the form of guttural growls, manic shrieks, tortured howls and roars, with special guest vocalist A.J Foy adding his hardcore screams and sickening belches to a handful of tunes.
To coincide with the announcement of “Daily Grind of the Medieval Age”, Gorotica presents two new music video clips, with the latest clip for album release single “Connoisseurs of Human Flesh” available for viewing now. A fast-paced feeding frenzy of gluttony and gallows humour, “Connoisseurs” depicts frontman Von Cannibale’s decapitated head served as the main course in a medieval banquet that will be sure to stick in the viewers’ heads. This new video follows the previously released “Sage, Clove and Powdered Bone” clip, which showcased a mid-paced old school death number dealing with necrocannibalistic rituals, questionable recipes and shoddy sorcery.
Saddled with a sleek in-house production, monstrous guitars, memorable vocal lines and a sense of self-aware quirkiness, “Daily Grind of the Medieval Age” is sure to appeal to even the most seasoned death metal and grindcore veterans alike, leaving fans bound, broken and begging for more once again.
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