Okilly dokilly METALorinoes, here are some killer albums straight from the slaughterhouse to you. There has a been a raft of awesome punishing work put out in recent weeks, so strap in and prepare to be bludgeoned:
Crowpath - One With Filth
I saw one review for this which read "these guys obviously hate there instruments". And to some point I would agree. This is trully some of the darkest metal i've heard in a while. Starting with the foreboding front cover of what looks like a sepia image of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, things don't get much better on the inside of the disk. Complete with crazy down-tuned guitars switching from breakneck riffing to droning doom styled hatred, with octopus drumming anchoring and a crazed vocalist painting the whole gory picture. This is not easy listening, and it's not meant to be. It's not quite quite death metal, it's not quite grindcore and it's not quite doom, but it is... very very good.
Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor
Well, after listening to Crowpath i didn't think things could get much darker, until along came the vegan grindcore stylings of Cattle Decapitation. When this band began several years ago, they were more famous for their ridiculous name than anything else. And in typical grindcore style all songs were clocking in at around 30 seconds. But on their fourth release we are exposed to a totally mature and progressive sounding death grindcore outfit. They are truly masters of their instruments, pumping out some of the craziest metal you will hear this year. Songs predominately cover the gory demise of the human race, like that of the animals we eat. This vegan quartet (they have a veggie burger named after themselves), have produced one of the most amazingly technical, yet progressively diverse albums in recent memory.
Napalm Death - Times Waits For No Slave
Well, well, well, what do we have here... another year, another Napalm Death album. What am i going to write hear that hasn't already been said. This crusty punked up death grind band has been pumping out their particular brand of straight up bludgeoning RAWK for damn near 25 years... and not a lot has changed. They have matured ever so slightly on this record, but don't get me wrong, this isn't "Dylan goes electric"... it's straight up Napalm Death... and that is something so fist pumpingly good it would make me smile... if i weren't screaming a the top of my lungs!
Things to look forward to:
Mastodon - The follow up to the absolutely massive Blood Mountain will be their shot at metals ultimate crown.
Hatebreed - For the Lions, it's out today, and to be honest I'm not expecting much more than the usual intensity we have come to expect from the originators of crushing metalcore.
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