Artist: Alterbeast
Album: Immortal
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Tracklist:
1. Flesh Bound Text
2. Of Decimus Divine
3. Vile Remnants
4. Ancient’s Retribution
5. Mutilated Marvel
6. Into Oblivion
7. Serpentspire
8. Throne of Maggots
Review:
Alterbeast recently released their debut
full-length album Immortal. This technical death metal act managed to stay
under my radar until somewhat recently. However, after hearing their single
“Flesh Bound Text” the album became highly anticipated for me. A somewhat
dramatic and theatrical opening will guide the listener from the first song,
“Flesh Bound Text”, into an on going sonic assault. Personally, I found this
album comparable to past releases from bands such as Beneath the Massacre and
Rings of Saturn in terms of technicality. However, this album takes
“tech-death” into another realm by combining extremely catchy riffs, old school
death-metal sounding solos, and brutal harmonizing in a unique way. It’s always
great to hear bands that enjoy going beyond what is originally prescribed by
their genre, “tech-death” here, and incorporate solid transitions that may be
less technical for the sake of helping a song flow. To me this demonstrates another
level of song writing that is commonly over looked in many technical acts.
Needless to say, I’m really glad to have another amazing North American release
this year and hopefully it results in being able to see them live in the near
future. Go out and support these guys!
9/10
(Does 10/10 exist?)
written by Vinny Medina
It is an amazing album
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