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Call me a numbskull, but I kinda like the name of this Swedish death metal group, who feature in their ranks dudes from GRAVE, COLDWORKER, and INSISION. So, what, is it going to be anything less than really, really good with death metal royalty like that involved? With a solid, mid-tempo chugging Grave/ASPHYX/BLOODBATH sound going on, there's tons of time to get wrapped up in the thick riffs, the fuzz, the occasional grinding (see 'Targets'), the Floridian swamp death, the blatant homage to all things Swedish, the cool guitar work, the solid drumming... This is old-school death, the way it should be, and although it doesn't quite have that certain something that Bloodbath captured, it's got it way better than most death bands of today do, due to its mix of loving the old school, keeping it simple, and keeping the production sound natural (not rocket science when it's spelled out like that, is it?). Absolutely content to be listening to this one as 2012 draws to a close: if the future of death metal means revisiting the best moments of its past, you know, that's just completely fine by me.

HARDWARES

OVERTORTURE

At The End The Dead Await