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 | Bandname: Masacre
Albumname: Total Death
Rating: 3 / 5
Label: Hateworks
Official Site:
Buy Album: Amazon.com
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Tracklist
1. Slaves of Death
2. Battlefields
3. Kill or get Killed
4. Soldiers of the Unknown
5. Death Metal Forever
6. Wrath Intense Pain
7. Oh My God!!
8. Victims
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In issuing a suitably battering assault that recalls the intensity of the band's earlier material, Masacre forcefully bludgeon their instruments here on 'Total Death', creating a sonic maelstrom of caustic death metal brutalization. Guttural growls embellish scientific riffery and relentless dual- bass pounding as Masacre launch a crippling sonic force. Musically, the group draws from a burly Morbid Angel influence in order to fashion tracks such as the drudging opener 'Slaves of Death'. This dominant cut opens with the galloping hooves of the Grim Reaper's black mount and launches into a barrage of crushing din. In the structures of this band's determinedly uncompromising material, you will uncover leviathan passages that are intermingled with highly melodic leads, foreboding, dominant string bends and purely wicked-sounding pinch harmonics. Vocally, you'll discover deep bellows which counterpart the sheer forcefulness of 'Battlefields' entirely, the band hammer away at a decidedly bone-splintering rhythm catered toward maximum sensory injury. On the blasting 'Soldiers Of The Unknown', harsh, screeching vocals are thrown into the mix in order to break things up a bit, but in contrast to the guttural issuances, the higher pitched vocalizations are kept to a minimum, serving to act as an enhancement only. This approach is more than effective, supplying a distinct continuity throughout the record, without allowing the songs to become same-sounding and tedious. Erik Rutan's skilled ear toward death metal is put to good use here, as he provides a strong production effort that captures the intensity and brute force inherent in the band's performance skillfully. When taken as a whole, 'Total Death' is quite the strenuous adventure, certain to satisfy passionate devotees of death metal.
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