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GRIP INC. - new album "Incorporated"

There are some tried and tested virtues that have undeservedly been pushed into the background in this world full of impatience and hectic bustling. The classic motto “it takes time to do a thing well” has never been less valid than it is today. Yet as far as Waldemar Sorychta, guitarist and creative mind behind the international line-up of the metal act, Grip Inc., is concerned, music still has a lot to do with inspiration, enthusiasm and an unhurried pace – which is the reason why he allowed four years to pass before he called his proven team together again to set about working on some new material. Says Waldemar Sorychta: “The moment for a new album just hadn’t arrived, simply because nobody was really dying to record one. When recording becomes a matter of routine, it no longer makes sense.”

That the production of the band’s fourth album, Incorporated, actually took place at the best possible moment in summer 2003 becomes apparent from the very first note, and the atmosphere during the recordings at the Woodhouse Studios can hardly be referred to as ‘routine’ but was marked by infectious enthusiasm. Miracle drummer Dave Lombardo, only recently reactivated by thrash icons Slayer for their tour and studio activities and justly considered the prototype of the contemporary heavy metal skinsman, works his drum kit with the usual verve, combining tough rhythm attacks with intricate grooves and tasteful breaks. Vocalist Gus Chambers, that charismatic textbook frontman, unleashes the whole range between tough shouts and melodic vocal lines. More than ever, Grip Inc. rely on the amazing flexibility of his voice. Sorychta himself, last but not least, acted as composer, arranger, engineer and producer on the current album and was the nerve centre of the whole project. It is his unmistakable handwriting that marked the three previous releases, The Power Of Inner Strength (1995), Nemesis (1997), and Solidify (1999), and it also characterises Incorporated. As an artist and musician who was personally involved in the recording process, Sorychta isn’t really in a position to predict the metal fans’ reactions to Incorporated, but his comment indicates that the fire is burning inside the band again. “I can only say this much: the band can’t wait to go out on stage again, in other words: Grip in top form,” he enthuses. Experts will confirm his evaluation.