2024 Iron Blood and Death Corporation (CD)
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7/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS
Violent Scum (Chile) come first on this split, giving us bestial South American death metal clearly influenced by Deicide. It's not Deicide worship, but all the nuts and bolts are there and you can hear the influence clearly. This is fine by me - all bands are influenced by others, and why not the masters of Satanic death metal?! They can write a fucking song, too, which is excellent to hear. The performance is wild but tight enough, with slightly fuzzy guitars and a solid rhythm section. The drums and bass in particular are well-performed and they stick to each other like glue. Their four songs on this split are a pleasure to hear, especially when the solos kick in. A talented bunch, here.
Next up is Cambion, an international project between Texan and German metalists, if Metal Archives is correct. These gentlemen give us Angelcorpse-style thrashing death metal, fast, blasting, and furious, with plenty of black metal influence but with a death metal core that drives it all. The vocals are rapid-fire, which I always like, and in a higher register reptilian growl like a lot of black metal today. Actually, they remind me a bit of Legion on Panzer Division Marduk, which is great.. They give us three songs that are equally as good as the Violent Scum half of the split but in a much different style, but just as vicious. They also give us a cover of Slayer's "Evil Has No Boundaries" worked up in their style.
This is a split worth tracking down as an introduction to each band - they both are exceptional, and it should be a proper introduction to both of their sounds.
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