Norhymenoreason: Gilla Bruja

In the days before the Gilla Bruja came to my town, every night the sky turned blood red and reports of cattle mutilations came in by the dozen.

Then, out by the old barn, near Millers Curve, I saw the beaten up van come around the bend, leaving black smoke in the sky. Then I saw them unloading the amps and the blood stained instruments.

That night, it started...I could feel the tremors through the ground, calling us to the barn. And we went, seeing such things along the way that I cannot bring myself to remember.

The next morning, the Gilla Bruja were gone, and the town was empty, taking the non-believers with them, leaving only the faint sound of their final screams.

Profile from 'Check em out', Metal Hammer July 2002 Issue. Click here to visit Metal Hammer's Website

WHO ARE THEY? F***in' twisted and evil industrial sludge from the Bedfordshire badlands.

WHAT DO THEY SOUND LIKE? A cross between GGFH, Iron Monkey, White Zombie and Brutal Truth.

WHO'S IN THE BAND? Wilda (vocals/bass), Adam Crowley (guitar), Lyndon Renee (samples), Kev Reid (drums)

INTERESTING FACT? All members of Gilla Bruja have undergone extensive shock treatment to curb their intense hatred of each other...but it hasn't worked!

THEY SAY: "The believers will develop the stomachs of goats and hear the call of the Gilla Bruja - living proof that bad drugs and bad lives makes bad people!"

Year: 2001 Label: Retribute Records
				Tracklisting: 1/ Girlsbonesfound 2/ Barrelroll 3/ Whipped 4/ Exitwound 5/ Sprawl 6/ Dogboy 7/ Itfadesaway 8/ Norhymenoreason 9/ Kerbiter 10/ Nogoodwillcome 11/ Hellonme

Year: 2003 Label: Retribute Records
Cover image coming soon				Tracklisting: 1/ Black Moon Fever 2/ Spoiler 3/ Where Low Life Grows 4/ The Door 5/ Blood Ties To Whisky 6/ All For Blame 7/ Brass Eye 8/ A Season to Whither 9/ Harvest 10/ Silt Lung Symphony 11/ Killing Floor Blues 12/ Pig Fish

New to the Electric Metal Yahoo! Group: Gilla Bruja soundfiles. A full mp3 of "Barrelroll" is available in the mp3s folder of the group files. Short (approx 40 seconds) soundclips (wav format) of "Kerbiter", "Norhymenoreason" and "Whipped" are available in the folder named "Gilla Bruja Sound Clips"

Gilla Bruja's rather overexcited biography assures us that they named themselves after some sort of Mexican Death Cult, but infinitely more scary is the fact that they hail from darkest Bedfordshire (an angry chupacabra or the centre of Luton on a Friday night - which would you prefer?).

'Tooth and Nail' stiches together a host of influences, drawing particularly heavily on grindcore and the industrial brutality of bands like Godflesh, all underpinned by an unstoppable satanic groove that twists sheer density into whole new shapes. What makes this album truly amazing is that everything about it, the music, the production, the packaging, is top notch, which is damned impressive for a debut album released on a small UK indie label.

Gilla Bruja lie somewhere between Medulla Nocte, GGFH and the depths of Mike Patton's worst psychoses, and if you haven't already run off screaming, you will buy this album.

Click here to read the Electric Metal reviews of "Tooth and Nail" and "6 Fingered Jesus"