CANNIBAL CORPSE - Red Before Black
Century
Media Records
This
album delivers everything that's essential in a death metal record: speed,
gutteral vocals, great mixing/production, and just balls-out intensity. The
riffs are totally fresh. Corpsegrinder is leader of the band setting the tone
for yet another gruesome Cannibal Corpse release. This one is probably one of
the better "newer" releases by this band. Not to say that their
previous bombs, but it's just better sounding production-wise and better
riff-writing. I think it's their strongest release since 'Torture'. Hopefully,
they'll come out with some new music in 2020. With the whole ordeal relating to
Pat O'Brien, I hope they do!
Every
song on here is good, they're in B-Flat tuning, way different then standard or
E-flat in their earlier days. CANNIBAL CORPSE has had multiple good albums and
multiple flops. But the positive releases have out weighted the shitty albums.
They seem like they've really come into their own musically. Meaning the music
keeps getting better. They just nailed it here. All different tempos, leads,
but one thing that's consistent are the vocals. Corpsegrinder is just gutteral
on here, no screaming. It'd make it a
little more diverse, but this is what they put out so be it. The guitars and
vocals are usually what I focus on in music so yeah, solid release!
The
one driving force behind the band are their fans. So many bands have just
disbanded over the years, CC has stayed together. No matter what ordeal or
line-up changes they've made, they're still kicking ass. I'd say this one is
unrelentingly good. Definitely worth a
"B" rating. The only thing that I've never liked with the band are
the lyrics. But it doesn't matter, the music is what's most important to me. A
lot of people cannot relate to Metallica's lyrics, but that doesn't stop people
from liking their music. CANNIBAL CORPSE the same thing. The lyrics suck (to
me), but their music is supremely good. Especially 'Red Before Black'.
I
would just go ahead and buy the CD (if people still own CD players like me) or
download the digital album on Spotify. Either way, you're getting to hear the
heart go into this release. It really is amazing that they've put together such
an awesome album after a few mediocre previous releases. Or at least their last
one. The energy is all there on this one so show the band support. As a fan
myself, I own the CD and have the album on my Spotify gadget and computer. I've
listened to it enough to say that they've really done a great job here. CANNIBAL
CORPSE rules on!
8.5/10
Ryan “Death869”
Fanucchi
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