Inbreeding Rednecks- Corpse Molester
To stand out in Death Metal/Grindcore these days is not a straightforward task anymore. Being brutal or technical or inventive isn't enough. You need to be more brutal, more technical or more inventive than your peers. This is no easy task and, unfortunately, on e.p. "Corpse Molester", the debut release from Danish miscreants Inbreeding Rednecks, one at which they haven't yet succeeded. That's not to say they're bad, in fact they're pretty adept at what they do; the musicianship is taut and precise and the production is clean. The problem is that it's pretty generic stuff and, whilst it may be suitably extreme and accomplished enough to satisfy the casual Death/Grind fan (if such a thing exists), there isn't really enough inventiveness to set them apart from the crowd.
The e.p. starts promisingly enough with the instrumental/intro track 'Corpse Molester', which begins with some staccato chugging and increases the intensity nicely before launching into 'Participate In This Extinction'. This sets the precedent for the rest of the tracks and features plenty of blastbeats and double bass drum work from Mads Pedersen (now no longer a member of the band) and indecipherable pig squeal vocals from Jacob Bloch. The rest of the e.p. proceeds in a similar manner, with Track 4, 'The Art Of Vengeance', in particular being pleasingly vicious but, ultimately, it's not as memorable as it could be. As far as musicianship goes, the Rednecks have got things pretty much sorted (precise but not overly proficient technically), but originality is something they do need to work on; particularly noticeable is the similarity of the riffs at the beginning of tracks 2, 4 and 6.
As debuts go and, considering the band are relative newcomers to the scene (having only formed in 2008) "Corpse Molester" is a fine if slightly formulaic example of the Death Metal genre and an indication that, with a bit of work on their individuality, Inbreeding Rednecks should be bothering corpses for some time to come.