Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 07/10/2016
Label: Relapse Records
When
they use melodies they're more creepy than pretty. They seem to only be there
to allow you to catch your breath before they sit on your chest and start
punching you in the face again
“Sonoran Deprivation”
CD//DD//LP track listing:
1. Craving Flesh
2. Sterilizing
3. Desperation
4. Rotting As One
5. Stronghold
6. Patriarchal Grip
7. Lost Forever
8. Flamethrower
9. Grotesque Operations
2. Sterilizing
3. Desperation
4. Rotting As One
5. Stronghold
6. Patriarchal Grip
7. Lost Forever
8. Flamethrower
9. Grotesque Operations
The Review:
"In
defence of hm-2 death metal" Frankly
I find it a little dismissive to reduce this new wave of death metal to nothing
more than a type of distortion pedal produced in the early 80's. Gatecreeper
does have that buzzsaw tone, they also conjure the spirit of the 90's, but they
add much more of a doom metal vibe to it. At the same time the composition of
these songs reminds one of traditional hardcore, the fat is stripped; the goal
is simple, brutality.
When
they use melodies they're more creepy than pretty. They seem to only be there
to allow you to catch your breath before they sit on your chest and start
punching you in the face again. The vocals are harsh barked death grunts that
sit perfectly in the mix so as to compliment the crunching chugs rather than
overpower them. Also, the cover art is a breathtaking oil painting
of what appears to be some sort of intergalactic horizon which also wins them
some points in the "cool shit I'd like to display on my record
rack" category.
Anybody
into extreme music should be able to enjoy the simple brutality and groove this
album offers, I'd also recommend it to fans of; Nails, Trap Them, Obituary, Entombed,
Kataklysm, Harm's Way.
