2024 Personal Records (CD) / Iron Fortress Records (CS)
www.personal-records.com / ironfortress.com
7/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS
This is this New York band's first full length after some singles, EPs, and a split. They play thickly produced death metal with classic riffs that will snap your neck halfway through the first verse! They have almost Massacre- and Autopsy-style riffs at times, and a similar atmosphere to those masters, but with a real nasty edge and some seriously heavy grooves. There's just a bit of looseness in their playing that gives the record a really unique sound. The songwriting is top notch, and the guitar player isn't afraid of solos, dropping fierce divebombers from time to time. The vocalist, at times, reminds me of Bolt Thrower's singer. This is real death metal for real metalists, doing nothing groundbreaking but just playing solid original death metal. I love that so many new bands are looking to the past for inspiration and coming up with good albums that would absolutely have a place at the table in the 1990s had they been released back then. It's inspiring and I hope it continues.
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