Krabathor
Lies
[Morbid]
Here's the deal. Run to your store/distro/ANYWHERE and purchase this album. Put it in your stereo. Turn to the final track (#9). Sit and listen in utter, total awe. No matter what form of metal your a fan of, this (instrumental) track will please you in *such* fine way. It's sort of a combination between old-style heavy metal melodicism (ala Iron Maiden), some Van Halen technical aspects, Swedish black/death melody...and a great deal of really impressive emotions. You know have a good reason to purchase this album, but I (since I'm such a fine soul) will continue with some further reviewing.
Krabathor have obviously been around for a very long time. These Czech bastards have always played brutal (yet melodic and very intelligent) death metal, despite the trends and lack of cash most likely flowing through their pockets. They've toured with Immortal, released ton's of albums, and impressed me despite their fairly straight-forward style. The newest LP, "Lies" is by far the bands finest release. Combining blasting brutality, amazing (and technical) riffs and solos, and some impressive vocals, every fan of death metal should immediately purchase this release. The album itself starts out with some creepy sound effects, and some heavily accented creature blurting out "Fuck the Christ" (no, English is not the specialty here). What comes next is some VERY above average, blasting, and highly epic sounding brutal death metal. Blasting to all hell, productive, and surpassing being violent (in a nice, melodic fashion), these cretins lay down what turns out to be a fantastic death metal album. Every song is filled with interesting guitar sections, thick sounding and punchy bass lines, and some very tight drumming. Vocals are better than good, minus the occasional boring streak they seem to lay out, but generally follow the music nicely. Nicely packaged (thick booklet with the bands history, some nice photos, info, etc.), decent running time, and simply excellent sounding. Worth whatever amount of cash you have to lay down for it.
© 1997 brand
Krabathor have obviously been around for a very long time. These Czech bastards have always played brutal (yet melodic and very intelligent) death metal, despite the trends and lack of cash most likely flowing through their pockets. They've toured with Immortal, released ton's of albums, and impressed me despite their fairly straight-forward style. The newest LP, "Lies" is by far the bands finest release. Combining blasting brutality, amazing (and technical) riffs and solos, and some impressive vocals, every fan of death metal should immediately purchase this release. The album itself starts out with some creepy sound effects, and some heavily accented creature blurting out "Fuck the Christ" (no, English is not the specialty here). What comes next is some VERY above average, blasting, and highly epic sounding brutal death metal. Blasting to all hell, productive, and surpassing being violent (in a nice, melodic fashion), these cretins lay down what turns out to be a fantastic death metal album. Every song is filled with interesting guitar sections, thick sounding and punchy bass lines, and some very tight drumming. Vocals are better than good, minus the occasional boring streak they seem to lay out, but generally follow the music nicely. Nicely packaged (thick booklet with the bands history, some nice photos, info, etc.), decent running time, and simply excellent sounding. Worth whatever amount of cash you have to lay down for it.
© 1997 brand