__________.____ ______________________________ .__ _______ ________ \______ \ | \_ _____/\_ _____/\______ \ |__|\ \ / _____/ | | _/ | | __)_ | __)_ | | \| |/ | \/ \ ___ | | \ |___ | \ | \ | ` \ / | \ \_\ \ |______ /_______ \/_______ //_______ //_______ /__\____|__ /\______ / \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ artist: Meth Leppard title: Gatekeepers year: 2025 genre: Death Metal type: Album label: Independent language: English rel. date: 2025-07-01 source: WEB/MP3 quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Full Stereo runtime: 00:14:29 size: 38.22 MB rip date: 2025-07-04 source url: https://www.deezer.com/album/754808201 tracklist: 1. Gatekeepers 1:14 2. Algorithm & Blues 1:32 3. Oligarchy Bukkake 1:14 4. Deeds of Fleshlight 1:46 5. HPV Lovecraft 0:54 6. Mind-Ctrl-Alt-Delete 1:42 7. D-Fens 1:14 8. Pay to Play 1:28 9. Snake Oil Salesman 1:20 10. Idiocracy 2:05 release notes: Meth Leppard are an Australian grindcore band and this is their second album. Gatekeepers is a 10-track, 15-minute kick in the face. Meth Leppard offer up an intense dose of brutality that should find fans of bands like Axis of Despair, Insect Warfare, Leng Tch'e, Maruta, Nasum, Pig Destroyer, and Rotten Sound quite happy. Meth Leppard adopt an old-school approach to brutality, but spliced with more modern DNA too. Gatekeepers is a nasty piece of work, and a very infectious one at that. The blast beats are everywhere, and the riffs lacerating. Occasionally groovy, occasionally thrashy, always ferocious, the songs are bursts of hostility that reveal Meth Leppard to be very capable grindsmiths. Elements of death metal add a furious deathgrind edge, while punishing mid-paced heaviness bludgeons the listener senseless. Despite the relentless hostility, there are murderous hooks here that savagely cut deep. Powering the blasting fury are eruptions of dynamic guitars that crush the listener beneath energetic slabs of distorted granite. Scattered within this, like blooms of new life found amidst the devastation, are the rare use of atmospheric enhancements and gritty melodic colour. This allows the blistering tracks to have more of an emotive weight than you'd expect, showcasing Meth Leppard's advanced songwriting skills. Gatekeepers may be brutal, but it doesn't lack finesse. Yep, this is the stuff. Meth Leppard's grinding aggression is well-received by yours truly. Gatekeepers is smashingly good fun. This is definitely one for any grindhead to salivate over hungrily.