Mixing together the sounds of Incantation, Demigod, and melodic Swedish bands like early Unanimated, Concilivm create a thundering atmosphere of descent with a strong forward energy and songs where the riffs relate to each other and a theme, developing slowly in rolling conflicts.
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Longtime favorite around here Desecresy, who pair old school death metal with melodic but apocalyptic atmospheric styles, has released a single “Rivers of the Nether Realm” from their upcoming seventh full-length album Unveil in the Abyss to be released on April 19 via Xtreem Music.
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Offering many unique riffs and twists in songs, this album shows Ravenous Death following its heroes Vomitory in making primitive death metal that incorporates melody and even keyboards for atmosphere in the midst of speed-metal-influenced chugging riffs that build in a kind of basic groove.
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Recursive percussive riffing dominates the leading riffs of this short EP while gurgling vocals provide a background rhythm and minimal digital drums keep pace, allowing Vulnificus to speak almost entirely through guitar and an overactive bass that adds some rhythmic depth.
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Approaching Swedish death metal as a hybrid of Dismember and Dissection, Imperishable begin songs with tightly-socketed riffs that correspond directly to each other, then build up to melodic riffs that are equal parts Iron Maiden and classic death metal, adding an air of mystery and a shifting ambience of emotion to their songs.
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On December 13, we celebrated the twentieth anniversary of Chuck Schuldiner dying of AIDS. While early Death was some solidly good music and the band remained quality through Human, Chuck turned from the metal philosophy of nature-worship to a modernist ideal of humanism, and lost his soul in the process.
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by Ton Basileion
Working within the flutterstrum-tremolo tradition of early death metal, Savage Deity rip and tear through several anthems to violence on their latest release. Songs follow the “skeleton” of death metal established by Slayer, with an introduction followed by alternating verse and chorus riffs, then give way to variations in the second half of each piece before returning to the initial themes. This in turn creates the kaleidoscopic effect that the best of death metal is (in)famous for.
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by Ton Basileion
Putridarium create tunneling melodies that foster the sensation of exploring a vast network of caves. These songs use trudging, chugging power chords to add a sense of violence to the foreboding. The effect resembles the deepening evil on Blaspherian’s EP Allegiance to the Will of Damnation.
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As it stands, Mortal Ones Scream in Horror is not a good release; it is boring, to be blunt, but the band has great instincts in songwriting and with a little more confidence in their riffcraft and ability to play in tempo, they will go great places.
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Following the lead of South American bands like Mortem and Krisiun, Evil Damn charge ahead with fast riffs from the early days of death metal before the genre fully separated from speed metal, but keep the influence on speed rather than choppy riffs, making an energetic and seamless listening experience.
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