Carnifex
Slow
Death
10
Track Album
Nuclear
Blast Records
Release
Date 5th August 2016
Written for RAMzine
Carnifex – San Diego, California, USA
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Genre: Modern Death Metal
August
5th isn’t a date that will stick in your memory unless it is your
birthday, but it may stick in your memory if you love Modern Death Metal! For
this is the day Carnifex release their full length album Slow Death!
Dark Heart Ceremony – Simply
broods and festers literally exploding with every ounce of malice contained
within its dark heart! Malignant and vile the gruff low toned snarls ignite
with vocal evil.
Slow Death – is a
force to be reckoned with as the demonic slabs of death become apparent. It is
so evil even the devil is scared of it! Stirring up a grisly encounter of
riveting strikes it will draw blood on listening.
Drown me in Blood – would
there be a better way to go I ask myself? Perhaps not! The band engage in some
rather sinister fuelled infected hate as the core of its strenuous rhythms
pulverize the bones!
Pale Ghost – holds
a rather ingenious opening that sounds very unfamiliar to death metal but we
are talking modern death metal here after all! The keyboard sparks a sinister
encounter while the guitars are literally screaming for mercy!
Black Candles Burning – The
deeper into this album you go the more you feel you are facing a battle of
wills as the events take place! Listening to this you realise that you must
exorcize the demon within you!
Six Feet Closer to Hell – they
are not wrong either! As Hell approaches you realise you must succumb to its
extreme pull as the magnetic force draws you closer into its spine-tingling
world of death!
Necrotoxic - and is
as toxic as it gets – the unmerciful gallop of festering malignance is
overwhelming. Brooding with heaps of irritable groove and badass riffery, snuffing
out your worthless existence in one fell swoop!
Life Fades to a Funeral – sees a
calmer episode appear with sumptuous sophistication and deftly carved strings
that lighten the mood somewhat. Its melancholic approach outlines the band’s
creative flair for diversity in the most subtle way possible.
Countess of the Crescent Moon – is
another subtle track that is until it manifests from around a corner and
plunges the listener into their worst nightmare ever!
Servants to the Horde – The
drama unfolds further with a sinister edge that revels in its thick textures
and emotional endeavours. The battle is not over – in comparison an exorcism
would be easier to go through!
10/10
Track List:
Dark Heart
Ceremony
Slow
Death
Drown
me in Blood
Pale Ghost
Black
Candles Burning
Six
Feet Closer to Hell
Necrotoxic
Life
Fades to a Funeral
Countess
of the Crescent Moon
Servants
to the Horde
Members:
Scott
Ian Lewis - Vocals
Shawn
Cameron - Drums
Jordan
Lockrey - Guitar
Cory
Arford - Guitar
Fred
Calderon - Bass
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