GATECRUSHER, when hearing this word one can imagine rude Thrash Metal or the musical destruction of the Seven Gates Of Hell. But only imagine… Which ever way you look at the synonyms of crush, the result is melodic Death Metal made in Ingolstadt/Germany. Basically this isn’t the worst, those who credit oneself with Scandinavian Death Metal raises the bar – too high for my taste. In consideration of the fact, that Words On Empty Drafts means to be GATECRUSHER’s debut album, they do their job quite well indeed. The Bavarians do their very best to dispose of their melodic Death Metal as authentic as possible. In parts it works with the one or other convincing arc of melody. Four tracks have its seeds partly back in demo time are joined by two instrumental songs, just three new tracks and a few mistakes in tactfulness. One can have a complaisant view about this when focusing the musical disturbance classified grade 1: vocalist Bastian Fersch. All other band member could struggle to endue Words On Empty Drafts with acceptable Metal, the laryngeal growls missing out every arc of melody undo the work “in the background”. Maybe this should reflect the musical concept GATECRUSHER stands for: „The Good and Evil doesn’t really exist – they are one.” Well, a better unity would be formed if the voice won’t be monotonous contraire to the music. The attempt to glisten with clean vocals in the last track Fires/Theatre-Edit ends as non-starter though. Potential is generally given – but it still should be worked with it.