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Death Becomes You

Advantages: Brutal death metal, well presented and crisp production
Disadvantages: Lacking a tad of originality that would of made this relase a classic

Released by: EARACHE, April 2008 Genre: Death Metal This is Deicide's ninth studio album, which follow-ups 'The Stench of Redemption' album that was released in 2006. Album Cover Design: All fans of Deicide will know that when it comes to album artwork they try their best to shock! This one is no different which features a painting by Hans Baldung titled 'Woman and Death'. The illustration is of a half naked woman being bitten by Death in all his ...
...My first opinion of the album was - when Glen Benton and Steve Asheim get together they get together for one purpose and one purpose only - to produce extreme Death Metal. I was expecting to hear the trademark Deicide sound and that's what I got. 'Till Death Do Us Part' on the first listen was simply oustanding. My overall opinion of the album - the more you listen to it the more you like it. A flawless display of aggression from Benton supported ...

Lehen 17.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Till Death Do Us Part - Deicide

Cannibale Corpse - Kill, pretty much everything

Advantages: Pure brutal death metal that never stops the madness
Disadvantages: It doesnt last forever

...opening track “The Time To Kill Is Now” starts as it means to go on, fantastic. “Make Them Suffer” being the next track pretty much takes the crown for me, its the best track, although not by much as most of the tracks are all out perfect. The last track “Infinite Misery” is a instrumental track which I was rather weary of as the band doesn't seem the type to be able to pull it off very well. How wrong I was. Showcasing there rather mouth opening ...

DamonN 11.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Kill - Cannibal Corpse

Their best so far!

Advantages: you will bow down to these masters of death metal
Disadvantages: once you have played it to death, you have to wait for the next release!

I have been a fan of Nile for many years, probably since Black seeds, I have since bought all of their albums and eagerly awaited each release and have not been dissapointed yet. I really believe that since George Kollias joined the band, Nile have been able to acheive a level previously not able reach with previous drummers, and right from the get go in 'what may be safely written' the seamless machine gun perfect precision double bass blasts and ...
...album I get chills because what they produce is almost inhuman. Karl and Dallas, as usual, pull of alltime beautiful melodies, crunching rhythms and that quintessential egyptian sound. The way their guitars intertwine with each other is just unbelievable! 1. What may be safely written: Hands down best song on the album, it has everything, awesome build up of authentic sounding instruments that a pharoah would be pleased to listen to, followed by ...

worf22 24.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ithyphallic - Nile

To Holmgard And Beyond - The Epic Journey

Advantages: Great lyrics, fantastic story, good music.
Disadvantages: None

...latest album from Turisas, The Varangian Way, I was blown away. Initial Thoughts I had read the review in Metal Hammer, and thought it sounded good - I'd already had experience of their previous work and thought this would be for me. I went out and bought it, and slipped the disc into my player. The opening bars of 'To Holmgard And Beyond' crashed out through the speakers, instantly stimulating. First listen through I thought of it as a ...
...continued listening to it with regularity. A Breakthrough However, the real joy for me came when I listened hard to the lyrics, and imagined I was in the middle of the story, rowing along with 'Hakon' and dancing 'In The Court Of Jarisleif'. Another excellent point of this album is the amount of detail the lyrics delve into, regarding the story of the historical pilgrimage told here. This, for me is what a concept album should be like. ...

Xabi17 24.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Varangian Way (Director's Cut) - Turisas

In flames, might be best thing for it.

Advantages: Some accomplished bits.
Disadvantages: Screaming and samey drum beats.

In Flames - Come Clarity Yet another of my 14 year old (next months) son's offerings which he insists 'You must listen to this dad'. This is by no means my longest review as I am not going to 'fill' when I have not much to say. Wikipedia tell me that these are a Swedish melodic death metal band.....not a good start, however, being am open minded dad I thought I should give them a a go. Though I do fail to see how Death Metal can be melodic, ho, ...
...5. Scream 6. Come Clarity 7. Vacuum 8. Pacing Death's Trail 9. Crawl Through Knives 10. Versus Terminus 11. Our Infinite Struggle 12. Vanishing Light 13. Your Bedtime Story Is Scaring Everyone I am not going to review every track as I have to say they are all quite similar. They are fast, drum based songs with some pretty fast and accomplished guitar work, both lead and bass. The vocals go from screaming to well, screaming. The intro drum work on ...

paulhanton 22.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Come Clarity - In Flames