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7/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS
This is Skullhammer's first full length and only release other than a handful of singles. They play absolutely crushing death metal with a very bright production that accentuates every instrument equally. The mix is perfect. The drums hammer like a machine gun, especially the double bass that's galloping along most of the time, and the cymbals have a crisp hiss. Vocally, the singer has a similar cadence and style to Johnny from Unleashed, but his tone is more extreme, with much more growl in it, but he remains very understandable and intelligible. The songs are mostly mid-paced, meaning they're extremely heavy, and you won't find many blastbeats on this record. They rely on the mid-paced groove to be heavy and it works well. They actually have some things in common with death doom acts, using an even slower pace to build back up the intensity. I thought this record was quite enjoyable, and definitely worth at least one listen. I imagine it will grow on me over time.
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