With their second (and currently last) studio-recorded release, the German group of Gorelem serve up some heavy metal low on vocal presence. The riffs are decent but unremarkable, the three-piece band works well together without delivering any real surprises, and song names (e.g., “Godsmoker”, “Chrome”, and “I don’t care”) don’t buck expectations. The strongest moments come with the guitar solos, just by showing more liveliness than any of the surrounding material, but in spite of the amateurishness engulfing it all, the band shows a respectable enthusiasm and effort in their tunes. It’s unsurprising that this was (apparently) their last work, but it does have enough to it to make one hope that the members each continued in better projects.
Scrambled Brains 