SUFFOCATION.

I love it when I dig through my archives to see if I posted a "classic album" - only to realize that I haven't - then I end up going, "How the fuck did all this time go by & I didn't post this yet!?!"…

Dark & crushing with a grip of technicality driving the brutality, this album pretty much kicked my ass the very first time I heard it.
The riffing on this record is tasty as fuck; Hobbs takes you on an unrelenting journey, while the rhythm section gives you something to hang on to.
Everybody has a favorite album by these "Strong Island" death metal merchants, and while I dig every record they've done so far, this is the one that I always turn to when I need that extra bit of juice to get my day started, etc.



Suffocation - Pierced from Within

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CANNIBAL CORPSE.

So here we have the first "Corpsegrinder"-fronted C.C. album, and for me, this is always a fun listen. I'm sure there's tons of "fans" out there who dig Barnes over Fisher, but I think George stepped it right up - the dude possesses a fine-tuned serrated throat-hole, for sure.

This is a heavy album full of catchy riffs, bottom-end brutality, and overall it is in-your-face with some nice thrashy bits with creepy little lead nuances form time to time. The rhythm section? Well, what can you say? They are the mainstay of the band, and for good reason - they always come correct.

Everybody has a favorite record / era of the band, and for me - this week anyways - Vile is my favorite by these "Noo Yawk" masters of death-pummel.



Cannibal Corpse - Vile

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Bonus story for you...

I once witnessed George Fisher puncture the tin lid of a Skoal can w/ two fingers on the first try after a 2001 gig here in S.F.
WTF, you say? I KNOW! Rad…

BANISHED.

Truly a fine example of some classically-American Death Metal stylings as performed by these legendary Buffalo, NY rock crushers formerly known as Baphomet.

They didn't get a lot of attention back in the day, and Peaceville fucked 'em as well - we've heard that story elsewhere, haven't we? - Vocalist Tom Frost bellows a gravel-gurgle that I find quite soothing, and the guitarwork of one Dave Craiglow is quite tasteful - not a lot of tech-fare, just serious meat-and-potatoes heaviness.
Why these guys never got big is mind boggling to me, but now you can judge for yourself. I wonder what these guys are up to these days?



Banished - Deliver Me Unto Pain

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MALEVOLENT CREATION.

You pretty much know that you're gonna get a beating when you throw on a Malevolent Creation CD, but with Envenomed, prepare to receive the most vicious attack from their vast arsenal!

While "Retribution" may be the "classic" of their prolific output, it is THIS recording I keep going back to.
I feel that this may be their most adept lineup - their level of brutality at the time of this recording was relentless, to say the least.

Enjoy the savage violence that could only culminate from a band whose roots were sown in the NY Death scene prior to becoming kings in their own right upon migrating south to the FL Death scene...



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Malevolent Creation - Envenomed

INCANTATION.

A classic record from one of the true elite outfits of the NY Death Metal Scene, this record never fails me - especially at 7:30am in my car on the way to work!

Incantation deliver the goods - straight from the 46th. plane of hell - on this one. Great song structure with plenty of excellent doom passages mixed in the brutality, frenzied hella-drop-tuned riffing around every corner, and one of the most masterful approaches to the guttural style of Death Metal "singing" ever.

If you've never heard Incantation, this is a good place to start.
I guarantee you'll beg for more...



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Incantation - Mortal Throne of Nazarene

PYREXIA.

Okay...

If you truly, truly, TRULY enjoy having your ears pummeled with low-end gurgle-throb brutalic death stylings, then this record is for YOU.

While the Suffocation comparisons will come in to play - Guy Marchais (guitars) is now in said band - Pyrexia seemed to play it deeper into the murk - all Nyquilled-out to the max and shit, bro.

(This has been my morning-drive CD for the last few weeks)...



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Pyrexia - Sermon of Mockery

BURIED ALIVE.

The best of the Buffalo Hardcore scene in my opinion.

Terror is just an "okay" band by comparison with what Scott Vogel did back in the day, but then again I rarely listen to much of the whole new-or-old school moshcore stuff.

All in all, the entire catalog released by these guys is solid.



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Buried Alive - The Death of Your Perfect World


Comments would be nice - it's been like a fucking ghost town around here lately, fuck.




Now playing: Burned Up Bled Dry - Cavity
via FoxyTunes

MONSTER X.

Kick-ass collection of material spanning the career of one of the great fast hardcore bands of all time. I'm pretty sure this is everything they released, but don't quote me on that as I am no expert on anyones' discography.

(I'm posting as many requests as I can as of late because L-R V will be inactive 5/22-28 due to me going back to Detroit to visit family. I may try out that new Blogger option of saving posts and having them publish at a later date, but that all depends on what kind of time I have. I'll do what I can to acommodate all requests, etc).

D/L Monster X - Indoctrination right here.



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Now playing: Black Kronstadt - Turning Point

THE DYING LIGHT.

Insanely kick-ass tech/death metal from Staten Island, NY.
Why these guys aren't bigger is a mystery of to me - oh wait - they don't wear eyeliner or women's jeans...

LINKS -
DoucheSpace.
Metal Archives.

D/L The Dying Light - The Killing Plan right here.

WINTER.

Easily in my top five doom records/bands of all time.

THIS IS THE SOUND OF BLEAKNESs...

LINKS -
Metal Archives.
Tribute Webpage.

D/L Winter - Into Darkness / Eternal Frost right here.