{"id":6865,"date":"2014-02-27T06:09:44","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T06:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com.php72-4.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com\/?p=6865"},"modified":"2014-02-27T06:09:44","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T06:09:44","slug":"cdbenum_brian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/music\/cdbenum_brian\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Benumb"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/benu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24796\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/benu.jpg\" alt=\"benu\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nBenumb<br \/>\n&#8220;By Means of Upheaval&#8221;<br \/>\n(Relapse Records)<\/h4>\n<p>Viscous grindcore from the San Francisco area. \u00a0Benumb&#8217;s songs are short bursts of savagery, often clocking in at less than a minute. \u00a0Their ability to beat the listener senseless in that short amount of time is really quite remarkable. \u00a0Remember when Billy Madison turns to Miss Vaughn and says, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been physically abused in the ear&#8221;? \u00a0That&#8217;s what listening to this record is like; the most blinding, thrashy speedmetal full of imagery that would make Chinua Achebe (you have read &#8220;Things Fall Apart&#8221;, haven&#8217;t you?) proud. \u00a0Many of Benumb&#8217;s twenty-two tracks focus on themes of America&#8217;s neo-colonialism and economic oppression directed toward developing nations and the dangerously violent ramifications they could spawn.<\/p>\n<p>While most of the lyrics are lost in a barrage of intelligible screams and throaty growls, those that carry through are decidedly well thought out and interesting. \u00a0Yeah, grindcore isn&#8217;t for everyone and some of the guitars seemed a little flat, but taken for what it is, &#8220;Upheaval&#8221; is a pretty impressive record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benumb &#8220;By Means of Upheaval&#8221; (Relapse Records) Viscous grindcore from the San Francisco area. \u00a0Benumb&#8217;s songs are short bursts of savagery, often clocking in at less than a minute. \u00a0Their ability to beat the listener senseless in that short amount of time is really quite remarkable. \u00a0Remember when Billy Madison turns to Miss Vaughn and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18],"tags":[803,3613,5893],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}