Here are 2
tremendous records I’ve wanted to tell you about for a while now. Better late
than never right? Anyways ladies and gentlemen, if you like Death Metal in
general, you might want to check these two bands out.
And if you like
Death Metal, you probably know about Revolting already. Or at least you know
who Rogga Johansson is. This is the man’s 5th or 6th
Death Metal record this year. Seriously, I lost count. I bought the new The Grotesquery LP earlier, I know about a new Ribspreader
album, another one from Those Who Bring The
Torture, plus some other new projects the man is working on. Anyways, the
guy is a Death Metal universe on his own, and most of the time you can
recognize his music just by the insanely heavy sound of his guitar riffs, the
massive groove he puts into them and his special guttural voice.
And the
million-dollar question is: what the hell should you get the new Revolting
record specifically, when you already have dozens of Rogga’s album, and when
you already know that you will NEVER manage to get them all anyway?
Well, the answer
is simple: Revolting is pretty different from his usual stuff, it’s more
melodic, and kind of mainstream in a way. The melodies stick, they make you
feel like dancing and the headbanging is constant. I personally love the
choruses, the quick solos and some songs just kick ass, like “The Black Queen”
that strongly reminded me of Evocation,
another Swedish band that I love (the melodic break in the middle of that song
is AWESOME).
One last thing about this cool record: it’s full of funny
references, like that FANTASTIC instrumental called “The Thing That C.H.U.D.
Not Be” (man that melody’s so sticky!); or that moment where Rogga screams “MOSH”
in the beginning of “Kinderfeeder”. Although there’s not much to say really
about this very nice record, I really enjoy listening to it, over and over,
it’s like my “mainstream” moment every day.
"The Black Queen" - The awesome song I just told you about!
Deserted Fear is
a new Death Metal power trio from Germany. And honestly, with all the
old-school Death Metal bands bursting from all over the world I wasn’t
expecting much from another 90’s-nostalgic band. But somehow, My Empire, the
band’s first album really impressed me. Don’t get me wrong though, this is pure,
classic, unoriginal and by-the-book Death Metal, no more, no less. But shit,
the energy and the power on this one are so huge! Listening to this record is a
guaranteed moment of pure pleasure. It's all in the heavy riffs, the epic melodies, and Mahne’s
crazy voice, like some sort of John Tardy (Obituary)
meets Martin Von Drunen (Asphyx).
Yep, everything's perfectly classic here, even the old-school typical black and white artwork.
Of course, the
moments where these kids bang you head like hell with hammering riffs are great, but
what I enjoy the most are the epic songs on this one, more specifically the
final pieces “My Empire” and “Bury Your Dead”.
Here it is; the might "My Empire" song
Don’t ask me to
pick a favorite here, these two FDA-Rekotz releases are both fantastic in their
own way, they are very complementary and they basically sum-up everything I love
about Death Metal (since I’m not into the very extreme and super-fast stuff).
One
pretty impressive thing to note is that after all these years, when everything’s been more
or less said and done, some young and hungry bands still manage to compose
and record such great Death Metal records!
These are 2 highly recommended
albums by Yath
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