If you've never heard this band, it feels somewhat like a Thrash/Death/Power Metal band. Fast, but not overly technical Drum Rhythms or Guitar Riffs. This isn't a band I'd listen to because they have amazing rhythmic chops in the way I'd listen to Necrophagist or Origin. Instead this is a sound that is classified more by the feeling they are trying to get across. According to Encyclopedia Metallum they're Melodic Death Metal, but in reality it's death metal with powerful chords under it, almost like black metal, or at least this in album.
I realize most of you have heard this band, but this was my first time hearing it, so this write-up is based entirely off of this release.
The band's sound is very musical, if not technical, and their musicianship shows through in many parts. Unlike bands I mentioned earlier they dont rub their chops in your face, they're very subtle about it, to which I give them ALOT of respect. Some of the chord progressions and tones are a bit predictable, but I don't find any fault with it here, as they suprise me in very subtle ways that 100% make up for it.
They may not be the most amazing band, but they take a feel that other bands make boring and make it very listenable. This coming from a Tech Death guy.
I also have to give props to the vocal tone. The growls are high-pitched and hateful with a gurgling scream feel very close in comparison. I'd compare the vocal stylings to that of Belphegor with their Satanic screams, but this has a much more epic feel to it (it's even more like Black metal then I thought, the blastbeats that open Weed Out The Weak instantly reminded me of Belphegor again).
The album is pretty solid, though not exactly groundbreaking. I would certainly recommend it to just about anyone on this board, it's top-notch stuff.
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