Indiana’s MAULED returns with When Your Eyes Are Shut. In its fourth year, we find the quintet still proudly ploughing the field of ‘00s deathcore, because (who fuckin’ knew?) there’s still an audience for it. A throwaway intro segues into ‘Mouthful Of Glass’, which is a flip-through of the book already scribbled to fuck and back by CHELSEA GRIN, ALL SHALL PERISH and JOB FOR A COWBOY. ‘TheLastThingYouSee’ brings a kneecap-shattering riff and an insanely robust sound, while the breakdown-breakdown-breakdown of ‘Unidentifiable Autopsy’ borders on tiresome. ‘For Me…It’s Always Like This’ is jarring in that best of ways; subtle, completely unexpected, and proving there might just be something to MAULED. Not for me, but deathcore aficionados will and should devour.
Review By: Lord Randall
MAULED
When Your Eyes Are Shut [EP]
Silverback Gorilla Records (Vinyl) / DS//FP Records (CD) / Independent (Digital)