CARNALATION — Deathmask (review)

CARNALATION — Deathmask album cover Album · 2012 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
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Genre: death-grind / brutal death metal

You will be forgiven if the didgeridoo-accompanied doom-foreboding spoken intro makes you think that you are in for some progressive doom metal. This is not the case, as Carnalation is an all out blasting brutal death metal act who emphasize speed to the degree that the album features severally insanely fast blastbeats that would definitely result in speed tickets if you played them on your stereo while racing down the highway.

While the blasting is perhaps a bit over the top, Carnalation show that they definitely are also good at writing strong riffs, and - in addition to the grindcore fury - there are actually a lot of heavy riff-based sections and a lot of cool thrashy, and even groovy at times, riffs on this album.

The musicianship is top notch and every note and beat is executed with great precision. The production is perhaps a bit polished, but that is okay, because it allows the listener to hear what is going on, and the blastbeat-sections do not drown in snare drum noise.

Fans of brutal death metal and death-grind should definitely check out this death attack of an album.
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