Album Review: Organ Dealer - The Weight Of Being
Reviewed by Dan Phipps
It’s amazing what visiting the upstairs room of a pub in Nottingham can help you discover. For me it caused me to discover US grind band Organ Dealer who were touring here what feels like a lifetime ago. I picked up a cd at that show and kind of lost track on what was going on with the band until I found out they had signed a deal with monolith extreme metal label Everlasting Spew for the release of a new album Weight of Being.
Weight of Being is the first Organ Dealer record in 8 long years, following up Visceral Infection which was the record they were touring in the above paragraph. Written during a turbulent time within both the world and band members personal lives many acts might have crumbled under the pressure of the situation, what Organ Dealer managed to do was thrive. A collection of 21 tracks Weight of Being shows a massive development within the band's musical output, and working alongside Kevin Bernsten (Misery Index, Full of Hell) Organ Dealer does not hold back on the intensity.
The record opens with a bang, short sharp tracks are pretty much a staple within grindcore and when you add in this record's absolutely rock solid production those tracks sound absolutely massive. The guitars have a furious power behind them with a very subtle dirty sounding buzz which I really like. The drums are full of punch with the kicks and snare pummelling your eardrums continuously throughout the run length. And topping off the release Scot Mariarty (who has since left the band) brings to the forefront a masterful vocal performance. The tracks gel together extremely well and the record absolutely flies by before you know it the 21 tracks are done with and you sit there having received a real dose of audio bombardment and you are ready and waiting for more.
Organ Dealer have produced one of the finest slabs of grindcore you could treat yourself with in 2023. It’s slick and extremely well created. The band may have gone through trials and tribulations during the process but hopefully they can look at what they have created through that and feel an immense sense of pride, because they have produced a fantastic record.
