A three-CD reissue, no doubt due to Metal Blade’s Brian Slagel’s deep appreciation for this record, and his experience of the tragedy of Dave Prichard’s death.
Considering the band’s twin impulses (metal and groove), it’s no surprise that Grand Amputation has more than a bit of the astringent flavor of nü metal.
Many street punks who’ve been around as long as The Unseen (nine years) stop being innovative and interesting and get repetitive and just plain boring.
Twangy guitars shot through with reverb ride the pulsing skeletonal surf beat as one guitar gobbles Crampsoid maggots whist the other pokes instrumental stuff.
They don’t bring anything new to the genre that they’re so clearly trying to fit into, and they don’t even excel at doing basic poppy-punk, which isn’t hard.