"Austrian-Swedish-Spanish DEATH METAL"

"Old-school death-metal meets modern and straight in the face brutality!"

Those are the two sentences that stand out on this band's MySpace. GodHateCode is an international band, with Coercion/ex-Grave drummer Ekegren, Thirdmoon/In Slumber/Eisblut guitarist/songwriter Rothbauer, Distaste's Schweiger on vocals and Tana from Avulsed on bass.

The band's mix is clear: You get a nice touch of Swedish death metal, Grindcore-ish vocals with a nice Spanish pepper in the ass. Some tracks could be from The Haunted, if The Haunted had grindcore vocals and more blastbeats. Most songs clock in around the 3 minute mark, and the record is done after a good 30 minutes. In that 30 minutes you`ll definitely get your fix of breeeee-vocals and blasts mix with the occasional groovy riff to get partycrew going. Personal highlights are the Gojira-esque 'Seelenkalt' and the excellent mid-section riff of 'Survive Pain To Survive Hate'.

The band's pedigree is clear, but a lot of the music gets lost in the continous metal-assault without ever suprising the listener with something new and original. 60 points for songwriting, 80 for execution. Check it out of you like uptempo death metal with grind influences.