SUFFOCATION - BLOOD OATH
Nuclear
Blast Records
Downright abrasive to the ear lobes! What a masterpiece, I cannot say what a riff that's been played on here that was in an ill place or poorly played. All seemed to fall into place perfectly. Vocals are top-notch as well! They're compliment the dark death metal that goes alongside it. The leads were immaculate, too. I believe this was one of the last LP's that's with Frank Mullen on vocals. I think he did a couple more until he hung it up with Suffocation. What a tragedy, as well. He was one of the driving forces for the band and always had been. Well, hold on tight to these vocals here and embrace the music!
The
majority of the music on here is downright brutal riffs. Along with Frank's vocals the music just
tears it up. Tempos vary from a blitzkrieg
of fury to moderate to slower, but technical riffs. All in all, this is an abomination of soul in
the dark feeling of despair. Their
earlier material shows more disruption into faster flowing riffs. On here, they pretty much shoot on all fronts
of metal. That's what makes this release
so likable. You’ll find that they flow
more freely in the realm of slower riffs with the drums backing up the guitars
gruntingly. And the lead guitars are all
so very technical in flowing.
Frank
leads the way though on this album, he belts out his grunting and the music
follows his lead quite solemnly. The
band does a great job collectively.
Again, it's a slower paced Suffocation release, but it's still
magnificent in composition. The sound
quality is top notch and you can hear everything pieced together. That's what lacked in their earlier
recordings...the production was lacking in good sound but on here it's top
notch. Everything seems to flow together
and all instruments/vocals share triumphant bits of music throughout. I think this is one of my favorite ones
ABSOLUTELY!
I
heard this on Spotify first off and decided that I needed the CD itself. That's how highly I esteem this release. It goes from death metal to brutal death
metal to doom metal all in one release.
There just is a lot of fluctuation on here which makes it so
versatile! It's a bit under an hour of
great metal! If you think otherwise when
you hear this, I would be appalled. This
album just dominates through and through.
It's a somewhat different Suffocation release in that the production is
better but the music is more chargingly dismantled. From every avenue this release topples it
all! Check it out!
Ryan “Death8699” Fanucchi
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