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Beaten To Death

Rank #32 Oslo, NO Metal / Grindcore

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Bio: Beaten To Death was formed by Martin Rygge, Tommy Hjelm (both normally heard handling guitar-duties in Oslo-based metal quartet Insense) and drummer Christian “Bartender” Svendsen (also the relentless drumming machine in Tsjuder, The Cumshots, Grimfist and Gothminister), with Mika Martinussen and... See Full Bio

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Beaten To Death will share the stage with Benea Reach and Insense on May 10th! Parkteatret in Oslo is the place to be, folks!

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"This is neat and weird stuff, a bit of a headache at times like FUCK THE FACTS or even the mighty ANTIGAMA (hey, progression in grind is not always easy), but worth it for the interesting amalgamation of ideas and sounds the end result spews out in a manic panic, a whole pile of genres coming at the listener in ways never before thought imaginable" (8/10)

— Greg Pratt, Brave Words

"Bordering on indie-rock at times, BEATEN TO DEATH take grind-core to areas that it hasn’t necessarily been to before..." "it’s all about pushing your buttons until you either finally snap into a fit of rage and destroy the stereo from which this music is coming or accept it for what it is, genre-pushing extreme metal" (3.5/5)

— Mouth For War

"Beaten To Death is not the Birdflesh..." "tense, unpredictabler, very interesting and original..." "If you are looking for intelligent extreme music, listen carefully to this EP" (7/10)

— Luca Pessina , Metal Italia

"….BEATEN TO DEATH from Norway bring lots of innovative and fresh ideas to a genre where almost everything has been said already 20 years ago…. it’s almost genre redefining."

— Chris Noir, Cvlt Nation

"I’ve been getting down on the new Beaten to Death album “Xes and Strokes”, and I won’t lie it has been one of my favorite albums in the past month" (8.5/10)

— Matthew Kuritz, Metal Delirium

"a rather strange duck" (68/100)

— Jakob Jan Kamminga, Zware Metalen

"For one thing "Xes and Strokes" goes deeper than just the incorporation of well-placed melodic segments into the menacing miasma. What makes "Xes and Strokes" impressive on a broad scale is the effectiveness with which BEATEN TO DEATH has added diverse elements into the grinding harshness without losing cohesiveness or detracting from the primal aggression at its core. It's smart and it's pulverizing, but most of all "Xes and Strokes" is a seriously cool grind album" (8/10)

— Scott Alisoglu, Blabbermouth

"...their Xes and Strokes debut is a sure-fire winner. Go melodies!" "Almost a grind revelation, Beaten to Death are the perfect anecdote to the scuzz and weed-infested sound of their contemporaries. Xes and Strokes is about as good of a start in recent memory for a new grindcore band"

— David E. Gehlke, Blistering

"It would be a shame if the band's lack of corpsepaint and tremolo-picking prevented debut Xes and Strokes from reaching ears beyond their homeland, because the album took just 18 and a half minutes to explode and then completely rewire my brain, and it could do the same for you" "Xes and Strokes is more than just well-played - it's a sonic manifesto. In song after song, Beaten To Death punch holes through grindcore's low ceiling, let some air in and balance their earthly savagery with guitar jangle aimed straight towards the heavens. It's a panoramic new vision for grindcore, Norwegian or otherwise" (9/10)

— Etan Rosenbloom, Decibel Magazine

"Grindcore is usually as funny to listen to as it is to wrestle an alligator or to be beaten to death, I think I’d rather do any of those rather than listening to grindcore. Migraine is probably the best description of what I think about this album, it gives me a bad headache with its annoyingly mindless music that doesn’t in any sense of the way make me happy. For me it is a mystery that anyone can like this kind of music and that there are reviewers that actually gives this creation good reviews" (2/7)

— Daniel Källmann, Hallowed

"..when the bulldozer-falling-down-a-cliff-face atrocity of 3-2-1, It's On is enlivened by splashes of HWOBHM guitar duelling, it's enough to make the most weary of metal observers break into a wide toothy grin" "For those who have the stomache for it, Beaten To Death deliever both kinds of music: landmine in the face metal and "intelligent" landmine in the face metal"

— John Doran, by:Larm News

"...this album is pure mindfuck. I’ve tried to listen to it many times, but it always entered my brain through a different gateway" "I don’t know if BEATEN TO DEATH is a great Grindcore band, but I do know that they have managed to craft a really interesting album that needs several listening sessions before it starts spitting out its darkest secrets" ""The only bad thing here is the half of the band looks like hippies, while the other half looks like... hipsters! Hahahaha!"

— Yiannis Dafopoulos, Metal Kaoz

"PARAMEDICS!" "...the band does not just numb the senses but they also tease and tantalise them beneath their assault with scorched melodies and distracting grooves. Xes And Strokes is a ferocious maelstrom of venomous aggression, obliterating riffs, and incapacitating intensity, it is chaotic and often seemingly undefined but scrutiny and repeat plays shows it is carefully and wonderfully structured without detriment to its instinctive raw energy. Though merely nineteen minutes long across its nine tracks the release is a stunning violation veined with irresistible hooks and warped riffs"

— Ring Master, Ring Master Review Introduces

"Alt i alt er «Xes and Strokes» et herlig album fullstappet med progressivt og strukturert kaotisk støy og utrolig fete basslinjer og melodier" (5/6)

— Raymond Storebø, Norsk Metal

"il gruppo è artefice di un insano grindcore, fatto di riff brutali, batteria martellante, growl corrosivo, dall'atmosfera opprimente: tutto eseguito in maniera impeccabile in poco meno di 19 minuti!" (7/10)

— Acidsurvivor, Stereo Invaders

"Von Zeit zu Zeit streuen die Norweger verspielte Gitarrenlicks in ihr brutales Geböller ein, nur um zu zeigen, dass sie keine völligen Barbaren sind" (6.5/10)

— Katharina Neuert, The Pit

"...klart mest upplyftande är utan tvekan Anders Bakkes (till vardags i She Said Destroy) förvridna grissång. Han gruffar och lider så det står härliga till och är en fröjd att lyssna på." (3/5)

— Mikael Mjörnberg, Joyzine

“Xes and Strokes is a weird and infectiously melodic grindcore album. But, probably not in the way that you're used to thinking of weird and infectiously melodic grindcore albums." "Xes and Strokes succeeds in establishing its own eccentric standard -- a sound entirely their own. These are sounds that demand to be heard, because nobody else is making them." (8/10)”

— Ramar Pittance, Metal Review

"The album crashes its way into life and launches into a screamo vocal that, with the instrumental, seems at first to just be a mess. There isn’t any real semblance or link between them, it just seems like someone has played a load of instruments and then just chucked a vocal track on top of it" "The only real high point is that all of the songs are short, so thankfully the aural assault is over pretty quickly"

— Kerry Henderson, Brutalism

"All the instruments were recorded in a weekend, which has definately left a raw edge to the production. I am happy that it is so. There are enough overproduced bands nowadays.." (65/100)

— Sir Blastalot, Lords Of Metal

"The band blithely blend grind, death, hardcore punk, and post-whatever melodies with apeshit glee" "Elastic, detuned riffage morphs repeatedly into outbursts of unabashed, triumphant harmony" "Xes And Strokes never sounds disjointed, calculated or desultory; the album feels like it just kind of fell together attractively. Sit back, smile, and celebrate annihilation. You deserve it" (8.6/10)

— Atanamar Sunyata, Metal Injection

"Fucking hipsters..."

— Teufel, Teufel's Tomb

"You know if I’m reviewing a September 2011 release here in 2012, it has to be good, and holy shit is this good... its grindcore like you’ve never heard before." "...massive grooves and snarling blasts (and dual vocals), but there’s something else going on something clever, addictive and perfectly executed that will surprise grindcore fans; melody."Seriously, Xes and Strokes will be the most fun you’ll ever have while being sonically brutalized"

— E. Thomas, Teeth Of Divine

"Of all of metal’s subgenres, grindcore involves the tightest fusion of serious and silly. Most grind bands can capture this tension live (..) but it’s much harder to do so in the studio. Norway’s Beaten to Death can do it.." "Beaten to Death play anomalous grind — they’re melodic (and they) favor a bittersweet jangle. But Beaten to Death haven’t forgotten that grind should hurt.." "Every melodic flight of fancy relies on a harsh counterweight.." "It’s a grindcore recording that actually breathes, if only in snorts and gasps..."

— Doug Moore, Invisible Orange

"From melodic, almost soothing grooves to repenting, teeth smashing ferocity; this album has it all." "Xes and Strokes was recorded in one weekend, that raw and energetic feel is evident and there is some fantastic production considering the time constraints." "This album is pure evil and covers enough mood swings to rival any teenager on heat!"

— Georgi Bomb, Culturebomb.net

"..a blistering 18-minute dose of grit infused grind and hardcore with some compellingly melodic underpinnings" "While grind is definitely the backbone of Beaten to Death, and a sturdy one it is, the melody is always there, lurking unobtrusively yet omnipresent in the background, keeping the balance and providing a visceral emotional contingent. Could this be the beginning of melodic grind?" (4/5)

— Joe Reviled, Metalunderground.com

"This Oslo based bunch of brutal riff wranglers have a lot more tricks up their combined sleeve than just speed!" "... Beaten To Death masterfully mix insanely fast psycho blast-beat drumming with tasty riffs and wonderfully juxtaposed melody lines" "Fortunately, these guys know that heavy doesn’t necessarily mean fast. The gravity of their slower chunking dirges could hold its own with a black hole"

— William, Alternative Matter

"Was mich persönlich sehr amüsiert ist die Erfüllung des Nr. 1 Grindcore-Klischees: Neun Songs in etwas mehr als 18 Minuten. Die Tatsache lässt mich schmunzeln und steigert meine Freude auf ein rasantes Grindcorevergnügen" "Hier wird bewiesen dass Norwegen mehr als nur Black Metal kann. Einfach grandios!" "Beaten to Death liefern mit Xes And Strokes einen absoluten Genrehit. Für alle Grindcore Fan eine absolute Empfehlung!" (8/9) (What amuses me personally is the fulfillment of the No. 1 grindcore cliché: Nine songs in little over 18 minutes. The fact makes me chuckle and increases the joy of fast-paced grindcore pleasure... Here is proof that Norway is more than just Black Metal. Just terrific! With Xes And Strokes Beaten to Death deliver an absolute genre hit. For all grindcore fans an absolute recommendation!) (8/9)

— Nelix, Disctopia.de

"Quindi se vi piace la violenza più assurda e allucinata, con un sano tocco HC e groove, questi ragazzi fanno per voi. La colonna sonora di un pestaggio" (So if you like the most absurd and hallucinatory violence, with a healthy touch of HC and groove, these boys are for you. The soundtrack to a beating)

— Francesco La Tegola, Hardsounds.it

"...critiques positives jusqu’à maintenant et j’ai l’intention d’en rajouter. La première chose que j’ai remarquée est que les chansons sont très courtes (2 minutes en moyenne). La deuxième chose que j’ai remarquée est qu’elles sont quand même très brutales. On va droit au but, sans jamais ralentir." "Ce groupe est à surveiller, car leur premier album est une réussite." (9/10) (..positive reviews so far and I intend to add more. The first thing I noticed is that the songs are very short (2 minutes on average). The second thing I noticed is that they are still very sharp. We're going straight to the point, without ever slowing down. This group is worth paying attention to as their first album is a success) (9/10)

— Mariemetal, Boulevardbrutal.com

““Grindcore dus. Maar dan wel van het intelligente soort. We hebben het hier niet over diarreecore. Beaten To Death is een nieuwe sensatie in het genr” “Kippenvel gegarandeerd" (Grindcore, it is. But of the intelligent kind. We are not talking about diarrheacore. Beaten To Death is a new sensation in the genre. Goosebumps guaranteed)”

— Edwin Enklaar, Wingsofdeath.net

““Oh, the sheer ass-stomping brutality is there, it's just not nearly as cut-and-dry as the name would suggest….” “You'll be gripping onto your arm rest, going through the usual grind-induced seizures, when you stop, squint at your computer screen as if it's going to give you the answers, and ask no one in particular; "When did that riff get there?" A very clever little album…” (8.3/10)”

— Doc Godin, Metalstorm.net

““…this 9 song debut is nothing short of impressive. What makes this album so interesting is the fact that it is just as catchy as it is abrasive” “This band is super sick, I highly recommend checking them out” ”

— Tommy Hemmer, Migrate Music News

"Grindcorebandet Beaten To Death ble hyllet for sin platedebut Xes & Strokes i høst, og nå er de klare for by:Larm som kanskje bransjetreffets aller hissigste band noensinne..." (fra Band vi tror på i 2012)

— Redaksjonen, Metal Hammer Norway

"...and somehow it all manages to fit together as a coherent whole, without it ever seeming like the band are saying "look what we can do!" This is a great first release" (4/5)

— Ed Champman, Terrorizer

“Dette er definitivt grindcore av den skitne sorten, som tråkker i death metal, punk og faenskap. Vokalen er brutal og mektig mens kompet angriper både kropp og sjel. Utvilsomt fengende. På mange måter blir dette hissigere enn all slags metall du finner i hyllene. (9/10)”

— Peter Bains, Metal Hammer Norway

“Sammen står de (...) for et overveldende manisk leven... (og) ...yter aldri noe mindre enn maksimalt på scenen... Det hele er både voldelig, ekstremistisk og - for såvidt - ganske gjenkjennelig, men dette er fortsatt et uttrykk med betydelig egenart" "...et genuint interessant band, som gjør noe spennende innenfor grensene til en oppriktig streng sjanger" "...anno 2011 finner du heller ikke mange norske grupper som kan dele ut sonisk deng av like fornøyelig sort som Beaten To Death. Merk deg navnet!" (8/10) ”

— Christian Nærum, Metal Hammer Norway (nov. 2011)

“Som du kanskje allerede har skjønt er dette et knockoutslag av et album som treffer deg like hardt som southpawen til Brad Pitts rollefigur Mickey O'Neil i filmen Snatch. Ikke bare slår det pusten ut av deg, men det slår deg nesten i hjel (passende bandnavn, gitt) fra første sekund. (5/6)”

— Morten Rydland Høyning, Nordlys

"...men det er ikke av den helt umulige sorten, for selv om låtene er korte og intense, så er det ett mektig fett driv de har i musikken, uten at det blir av det slaget hvor det bare skal ramles mest mulig på kortest mulig tid. Dette er litt som kaos satt i system..."

— Haavard, metal-norge.com

“No mercy was showed by the combo as the torture brutally resumed. Frantically ripping through flesh and bones, the five southerners spared no life in their ignominious attempt to feed their maniacal minds with visions of apocalyptic bloodscapes.”

— Lyonel Perabo, Utropia

“Det var de melodiøse avbrekkene og vokalstilen som kontrasterer den ellers "kompakte" musikkstilen man forbinder med grindcore og dette ga bandet et eget preg. High pitch-hvesing og growling blir fremført av en liten mann med mye å by på. Jeg har skjeldent sett sett en vokalist jobbe så hardt på scenen, Anders Bakke tar rett og slett kaka." ”

— Yngvild Paulsen Stokke, www.iconmusicmag.com

"Illsinte skrik avløses av buldrende grynt, og fart og fres leder veien mot seige partier, akkurat slik god grind skal være. 18 glimrende brutale minutter dette, så Beaten To Death kan fort bli delaktige i å sette Norge høyt opp på grind-kartet." (4/6)

— Bjørn Nørsterud, Scream Magazine

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