ITHACA
PUPIL SLICER / GRIEF RITUAL / GUTTER
Ithaca: Djamila Azzouz savours the moment
KATJA OGRIN
THE VICTORIA, BIRMINGHAM
London’s post-hardcore firebrands decimate the Midlands
LEEDS’ GUTTER SOUND like they were belched from Hell itself. Tortured screams wrestle with low-end growls as their bug-eyed vocalist conducts the chaos. GRIEF RITUAL are masters of blackened misery, tracks like Dissolution and Immurement plying their trade in unbridled, sludge-laden nastiness. The furore that erupts for PUPIL SLICER’s skull-threatening racket is deafening from the off. Unhinged shrieks are bolstered by guttural bellows as the band unleash a masterclass in mathcoremeets-deathgrind, its frenzied delivery cutting through the dense air like a freshly sharpened blade. Awash with demented grooves, Vilified is a true scene-stealer.