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10/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS
Sometimes, when death metal and hardcore meet, a beast is formed that is both catchy, crushing, and aggressive. That's the case here with Recidivist. Weaved in and out of the more typical death metal riffing are riffs that are very hardcore-oriented, with that bounce we all associate with the genre. However, here they're positioned in such a way that it elevates the music to something more than hardcore masquerading as death metal, and turns it into just good, hard death metal with simpler, catchy riffs. I'm a huge fan of certain bands like Jungle Rot and Mutagenic Host who do the same thing, and it works so well here. Some people have compared this band to Gatecreeper, and I guess I can see that at a basic level, but they're really nothing alike to me once you really get into what the bands do. Recidivist keeps their music mostly in the mid-tempo range, focusing on the heavy and aggressive guitars, with the drums' driving beats inflicting violence behind them, in much the same way as the first couple of Grave records accomplish. The vocals are deep, strong, powerful death growls, and they perfectly mirror what the music itself is trying to accomplish: violence. I'll be attempting to hunt down this LP now that I've heard this record, and I encourage deathmaniacs who are into simpler, easier-to-digest death metal to seek this out. It's catchy as fuck, and I can't put it down. They get bonus points for the Night of the Living Dead sample at the beginning of the record, too.
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