Gravehammer: Gravehammer (2016)

There are two bands on the Metal Archives named Gravehammer.  One is a Swedish group that released a couple quick demos and then changed their name to Ensnared.  The other is this group, a German band active since 2015.  Somehow, I ended up with all of their recordings to date.  Both of the Gravehammers combine death and doom metal and generally sound somewhat similar.

This is Gravehammer's first demo, a six-song affair that lasts less than half an hour.  The ideas are still raw and developing at this point, but the songs are generally short with rumbling riffs, a lot of bass and gruff, throaty vocals.  Most of the songs have a heavy groove that makes nodding along (or headbanging) pretty easy to do.  The riffs are pretty damn catchy. 

This is a very good demo and a decent foundation for this band to build on.  As I said, I have their other recordings as well, and will be taking a look at how Gravehammer evolved from here.