In September 2022, Grief Ritual’s Jamie Waggett penned a piece for Kerrang! excoriating the Tories for their malign influence on public health and the economy. It’s fair to say that two-and-a-half years and a change in government have done little to lessen the vocalist’s ire. Collapse begins with Spiral, which finds Jamie asserting that ‘Austerity stops us from living properly.’ This is just the opening salvo of a 40-minute assault on the ills of the modern age, expressed through powerfully heavy music, rageful and empowering in equal measure. These eleven songs combine chugging hardcore with the sinister delivery of extreme metal. Their relentlessness makes for a claustrophobic but compelling listen, occasionally throwing in different influences like the industr...
In September 2022, Grief Ritual’s Jamie Waggett penned a piece for Kerrang! excoriating the Tories for their malign influence on public health and the economy. It’s fair to say that two-and-a-half years and a change in government have done little to lessen the vocalist’s ire. Collapse begins with Spiral, which finds Jamie asserting that ‘Austerity stops us from living properly.’ This is just the opening salvo of a 40-minute assault on the ills of the modern age, expressed through powerfully heavy music, rageful and empowering in equal measure. These eleven songs combine chugging hardcore with the sinister delivery of extreme metal. Their relentlessness makes for a claustrophobic but compelling listen, occasionally throwing in different influences like the industr...