Genre: Death Metal
Year Released: 2009
Label: Century Media Records
Tracklisting/Song Lengths:
1. Scorbutics (4:26)
2. The Herald (3:33)
3. Bloodswamp (3:56)
4. Death The Brutal Way (3:52)
5. Asphyx II (They Died As They Marched) (6:41)
6. Eisenbahnmörser (5:42)
7. Black Hole Storm (5:35)
8. Riflegun Redeemer (5:04)
9. Cape Horn (6:53)
10. The Saw, The Torture, The Pain (3:10)
Review:
They're back! The almighty Asphyx has returned from the grave with a new album of madmess and hatred! Shit dude, this one's quite a piece of work. We've got a few unforgettable songs, a few great songs, and a few below average tracks. For the most part this album is badass from beginning to end, but we have a few flaws that I just couldn't get over.
The guitars are great, very heavy and downtuned. The riffs are fucking kick ass and chug along to the almost doom styled pace of most of the songs and it just sounds really fucking nifty. But I do have a few things to complain about here. The riffs, as catchy and badass as they are, for themost part are fairly unoriginal and actually times boring! Yeah, for example, the entire Scorbutics is mind blowingly bland and forgettable, but you know what? The good really outweighs the bad here.
The drums are pretty good, for the most part very slow and doomy. The actual drumming is fairly competent if not on the unoriginal side of things. They could be flashier, they could just overall just be played better to be honest. But, in due credit they really shine in the fills and rolls.
The vocals are good. Martin Van Drunen hasn't lost any power to time. The vocals are for the most part mid-pitched scream/growls that only Martin can pull off, they're very well done (of course) and really add to the album.
Overall this is a decent return effort from a godly band, nothing really new here but at least they didn't pull a Pestilence on us.
Give it a split!
Final Rating:
3.5/5
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