
Beyond the Mirror review by
Klokradio.
35 minutes is quite long for a
demo-CD but Belgian deathsters Grinning Ghoul obviously decided to release such a lenghty
demo-CD. Unfortunately the demo suffers from a demo-like sound wich makes it harder
to judge their quality . And quality they have. Grinning Ghoul is playing a typical dark,
underground type of death metal in the US vein, so don't expect any "mainstream"
death metal here . Their music contains enough variety and great riffs to gain attention
the full 35 minutes . I only hope that vocalist Sven can put a tiny bit more variety in
his voice because he's singing in one pitch all the time and i think a bit more variety
will benefit to the overall sound a lot . In my view Grinning Ghoul is ready to record an
album with this material but I hope they only will do that when they've found a proper
studio and producer. Otherwise I'm afraid that only a few diehards will pick up this album
and would be a pity. The demo-CD came with another demo-CD with remixes and although the
sound quality was better I'm afraid that still isn't enough 7,5
