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5/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS
This is the first full length from this Chilean outfit. They have a chainsaw guitar sound, Swedish style, but super dirty, and play a slow, dark sort of death metal almost like Incantation if it weren't for the guitar sound. The vocals are strong and brutal, but lack diversity in pattern. The compositions are loose, and they don't sound comfortable playing fast. They're very at home in slow- to mid-paced tempos, however. A fine line separates this band from death/doom - as such I found it boring, since it is indeed so slow all the time. "Procession in Rigor Mortis" is easily the standout track here, with the best vocal patterns on the album and the catchiest up-tempo riffs. I do like the chunkier riffs they progress into occasionally, like at the beginning of "Lugubrious Macabre and Sepulchral," but they lose me immediately heading into those doom parts. One thing of note - the drums are extremely well recorded. They constantly pan back and forth with where the drummer is on his kit, and it makes the album much more interesting.
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