BEAR MACE – Butchering the Colossus
Gypsyblood Records
This
Chicago based band spews out old school death metal with lyrical concepts on
war, death and of course bears. Personally, I like this style of theirs, not
that I’m biased though. It just has an
old school death metal vibe to it.
The
music is what has got me hooked. The guitars are thick/heavy sounding like
they’re tuned down (if you’re a guitar player), the tempos are slow, but groove
laden. I really like the aura of the whole release. It’s laid back, but HEAVY.
The vocals go good with the music, the lyrics are also very suitable for this
style of metal that they play. Other bands that relate to them would probably
be a slower form of SUFFOCATION, but not entirely. They have this aura or sense
about them that you can play them over and over and literally not get sick of
hearing them. That is, unless you’re taking a mini break from music. But
everything seems right here. The guitars are unique and the solos aren’t
blindingly fast, but a good portion of the songs are thick and downright
brutal. They sound like an atypical death metal band because they’re not
borrowing music from anyone else nor are they just a band that puts out music
that they want to put out. They’ve really pulled music together that will blow
out your speakers, not to mention your eardrums, too.
Production-wise
everything was mixed in OK, the guitars didn’t drown out the vocals, the drums
you could hear everything going on, the bass maybe to a moderate degree and the
quality was definitely there.
Overall,
I loved this album. And the whole way through. There was nothing about it that
I didn’t like. I thought everything was well constructed and musically
progressive. They seem like a band that’s going to grow in time, their name
just needs to get out there more.
This
is the digital age, but still, support the band and buy the CD. It’s definitely
worth it and I hope that this review convinces you enough to buy their album!
Ryan
“Death8699” Fanucchi
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