metal reviews by jerks

Porkfarm - Blood Harvest

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Porkfarm at myspace

Playing a style of Death Metal very similar to Dying Fetus, Brain Drill, Necrophagist, and Beneath the Massacre, Young English Death Metal act Porkfarm display an apt control over both the brutal and technical sides of the genre. They keep the technical wizardly and the “slam” side of their sound under control displaying [...]

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Meshuggah - ObZen

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Meshuggah at Myspace

Let’s face it the quality of Meshuggah’s material has been on a downward spiral since 1998’s “Chaosphere”. 2002’s “Nothing” was a mid paced boring trudge and 2005’s “Catch Thirty-Three” was an overly pretentious journey to the musical equivalent of the middle of nowhere with nothing to show for it. The problem with both [...]

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The Faceless - Akeldama

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The Faceless at Myspace
The Faceless are sometimes wrongly dumped in with the Deathcore camp due to their touring partners, record label and a few breakdowns (which came from Death Metal anyway) that is to be founded littered in the sea of technical Melodic Death Metal. Stylistically nothing new is done here, but it’s done in [...]

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Sickening Horror - When Landscapes Bled Backwards

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Sickening Horror at Myspace
Sickening Horror Hail from Greece and at the time of this recorded had Nile drummer George Kolias in their ranks. This is quite an interesting death metal record that features black Metal and jazz elements and is certainly an album worth exploring if you like experimental death metal that retains most of [...]

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Brain Drill - Apocalyptic Feasting

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…Imagine Necrophagist’s technical wizardry/overkill (delete as appropriate in regards to your preferences) with the straight up chaotic brutality of King of all Kings/I Monarch era Hate Eternal and you’ve basically thought up Brain Drill. For those of you who loved the virtuoso performances of Mohammed Sucimez and co, you will be blown away by the level of technical ability exhibited all members of the band on this record…

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