creepingflesh.bandcamp.com
9/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS
Hailing from the once-fertile grounds of Gothenburg, Sweden, Creeping Flesh bring us Swedish-style death metal on their third record with a bit of a cleaner guitar sound, although the chainsaws are still running here. This time around they've chosen to release this independently, at least for now, via Bandcamp. The production is clean, crisp, powerful, and loud. Someone who knows how to record death metal clearly helmed the recording equipment on this release. Everything about this record is nearly perfect, and the playing is as fluid as newly spilled blood. I really liked the morose, droning melody in the third track, "Upon the Altar of Peace," a slower tune that helps the album breathe a bit and gives us something different. In fact, these little melodic motifs pop up throughout the record here and there, and they remind me in the best way of some of Edge of Sanity's melodies. I can also hear quite a bit of Bolt Thrower influence in this band, with that bulldozer groove they're known for, and perhaps some Hail of Bullets and Asphyx thrown in for good measure. Some of the songs get quite a bit more doomy than what I originally expected. The vocals are not just sung - they're spewed, and with full force. A masterful performance, indeed, one of total guttural glory. I couldn't give this a 10/10, since some of the slow parts bored me, but when this band kicks up into midtempo territory, they're unbeatable. Monster grooves and monster riffs abound.
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