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7/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS
Here we have a split with two bands from Alabama that also share members, which is interesting. Defense Wound plays a chunky style of death metal that clearly has some hardcore influences, but it serves to make them heavier and more barbaric. Their three songs are mostly mid-paced and emphasize heaviness first and foremost, leaning on simpler compositions. Vocally, their singer employs deep growls with the occasional high scream, forceful and powerful from deep in the chest. The riffs are top shelf, focusing on headbanging rhythms and smooth transitions, which the drummer assists by sitting in the pocket and providing steady beats. Writhing Shadows has a somewhat similar style, but they have just a tinge of blackness and doom in their sound, coming off as being a darker version of Defense Wound. They're not afraid of big doomy passages, as the first song on the split shows, "Scarlett Fluids." I believe I prefer Defense Wound to Writhing Shadows, but both are excellent bands and I look forward to hearing more.
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