Fallen Angels/Engines Of Oppression/Metal On Metal Records/2010 CD Review

  Fallen  Angels  are  a  band  from  Seattle,  Washington  that  has  had  their  previous album  reviewed  in  this  zine  with  a  musical  style  that  mixes  death  and  thrash  metal  together  and  this  is  a  review  of  their 2010  album  "Engines  Of  Oppression"  which  was  released  by  Metal  On  Metal  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  some  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music  at  times,  while  the  bass  playing  is  not  as  powerful  as  the  last  recording  but  you  can  still  hear  it  times  and  it  seems  to  follow  the  riffing  that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars  while  still  sounding  very  powerful  at  times  with  some  heavy  bass  leads.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  influences  from  both  death  and  thrash  metal  together  along  with  some  melody  being  thrown  into  the  riffing,  while  the  lead  guitars are  very  melodic  and  technical  sounding  guitar  solos  and  leads  adding  in  more  traditional  and  classic  metal  influences  that where  not  so  much  on  the  last  recording,  as  for  the  classical  guitars  which  are  only  used  a  great  amount  on  this  album  they  use  finger  picking  and  full  chords  to  add  more  variety  to  this  recording.

  Vocals  are  mostly  traditional  sounding  thrash  growls,  shouts  and  screams  with  some  gang  back  up  vocals  while  still  retaining  some  of  the  death  metal  influenced  growls  of  the  last  album,  while  the  lyrics  cover  violent  and  everyday  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy and  professional  sound  where  you  can hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  the  recording

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  recording  from  Fallen  Angels  that  shows  alot  more  progression  as  well  as  a  more straight  forward  thrash  sound  then  the  last  recording  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  band,  you  should  enjoy  this  one  as  well.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Engines  Of  Oppression"  "Rebirth"  "Legacy  Of  Pain"  and  "Laid  To  Rest".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

Fallen Angels/Rise From Ashes/Metal On Metal Records/2008 CD Review

  Fallen  Angels  are  a  band  from  Seattle,  Washington  that  plays  a  mixture  of  death  and  thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2008  album  "Rise  From  Ashes"  which  was  released  by  Metal  On  Metal  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  some  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music  at  times,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  tone  with  riffs  that  dominate  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  death  and  thrash  metal  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  sounding  guitar  solos  and  leads  that  get  technical  at  times.

  Vocals  range  from  death/thrash  style  growls  and  screams  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  deep  death  metal  growls  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  samples  being  utilized  at  the  end  of  one  song,  while  the  lyrics  cover  violent  and  everyday  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  to  it  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Fallen  Angles  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  death  and  thrash  metal  and  if  you are  a  fan  of  this  style  of  music,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Rise  From  Ashes"  "The  Essence  Of  Violence"  "Silent  City"  and  "Massacred  By  Madness".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

Annihilation/Against The Storm/Casket Music 2011 CD Review

  Annihilation  are  a  band  from  Portugal  that  plays  a  very  brutal  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2011  album  "Against  The  Storm"  which  was  released  by  Casket  Music.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  modern  day  brutal  death  metal  riffs  that  are  heavy  sounding  with  some  technical  parts,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  chaotic  sounding  death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads  with  some  dark  sounding  melodies  being  thrown  in  at  times.

  Vocals  are  all  deep death  metal  growls,  while  the  lyrics  cover  violent  and  hateful  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and   professional  sound  to it  capturing  the  modern  day  death  metal  sound.

  In  my  opinion  Annihilation  are  a  very  great  sounding  modern  day  brutal  death  metal  band  and  if  you are  a  fan  of  this  style,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Tortured  With  Hate"  "At  War"  "Hear  Them"  and  "Disbelief".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.  

Poisonous/Perdition's Den/Metalhit.com/2012 CD Re-Issue Review

  Poisonous  are  a  band  from  Brazil  that  plays  a  very  heavy,  dark  and  evil  form  of  early  90's  style  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  201o  album  "Perdition's  Den"  which  was  originally  released  by  Blood  Harvest  then  re-issued  by  Metalhit.com  in  2012  which  was  released  by  Metalhit.com.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  good  amount  of  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars,  as  for  the  synths  which  are  only  utilized  briefly  they  bring  a  very  dark  and  ritualistic  sound  to  the  music.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  death  metal  riffs  that  are  very  dark,  raw  and  primitive sounding  the  the  mid  80's  and  early  90's  tradition,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  dark  and  primitive  sounding  old  school death  metal  guitar  leads.

  Vocals  are  all  deep  demonic  death  metal  growls  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  ritualistic  passages,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark,  anti  christian  and  occult  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  dark,  raw  and  primitive  sound  with  the  band  going  for  more  of  the  classic  death  metal  sound  instead  of  the  more  modern  day  technical  approach.

  In  my  opinion  Poisonous  are  a  very  great  sounding  evil  old  school  style  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  style,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Worthless  Christ"  "Demons"  "Under  The  Blessing  Of  Death"  and  "The  Black  Vomit"  which  is  a  Sarcofago  cover.  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

Disaffected/Rebirth/Massacre Records/2012 CD Review

  Disaffected  are  a  band  from  Portugal  that  plays  a  very  atmospheric  form  of  technical death/thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  album  "Rebirth"  which  was  released  by  Massacre  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  some  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music  at  times,  while  the  synths  bring  a  very  dark  and  atmospheric  sound  to  the  music,  as  for  the  bass  playing  it  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  progressive  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  progressive/technical  death/thrash  riffs  that  utilize  a  great  amount  of  melody,  talent  and  skill  with  some  soft  and  clean  playing  being  utilized  at  times,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  and  technical  sounding  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  they  use  finger  picking  and  full  chords  to  add  a  variety  of  many  different  influences  from  many  different  musical  genres.

  Vocals  range  from  death/thrash  style  screams  and  growls  as  well  as  some  spoken  word  parts,  samples,  male  and  female  clean  signing,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Disaffected  are  a  very  great  sounding  progressive  and  technical  atmospheric  death/thrash  metal  band  and  if you  are  a  fan  of  this style,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Getting  Into  The  Labyrinth"  "Evilution  Within"  "Hypnotic  Prophecy"  and  "The  Rebirth Of".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.    

Resurgency/False Enlightenment/Hellthrasher Productions/2012 CD Review

  Resurgency  are  a  band  from  Greece  that  plays  an  old  school  form  of  brutal  death  metal  and  this  is  a review  of  their  2012  album  "False  Enlightenment"  which  was  released  by  Hellthrasher  Productions.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars.

  Rhythm  guitars  range from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  death  metal  riffs  that  are  very  heavy  and  brutal  sounding  combining  influences  from  both  the  early  90's  Florida  and  Sweden  death  metal  scenes  along with  some  dark  sounding  melodies  being  thrown  into  the  riffing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  dark  and  melodic  sounding  death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  are  all  deep  death  metal  growls,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark,  everyday  and  hateful  themes,  as for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful  and  heavy  sound  to  it  bringing  back  the  early  90's  death  metal  sound.

  In  my  opinion  Resurgency  are  a  very  great  and  brutal  sounding  old  school  style  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  style,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Dark  Revival"  "False  Enlightenment"  "Mouth  Of  Hades"  and  "Binding  Is  Fatal".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

Dehuman Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?
Hi guys Andrea (vox/bass) here from Dehuman! Alrigth, everything is
going on fine out here. The band just signed to Kaotoxin for the CD
release, Tanquam Aegri Somnia for LP release, we are very happy to ba
able to propose both audio platfoms. We just got back from a French
tour in April with fellows Agathocles, which was a fuckin blast. We
are now working on new songs and starting the conceptual work for the
world of our next record.

2.How would you describe the musical sound of the new album?

The musical sound of this new record was pretty much based on the
sound of records of 90’s Suffocation, Malevolent Creation and Morbid
Angel and keeping up to date with 2012 composition and technical
approach. Pretty much the album definitely wants to be old school in
the feel while maintaining the up to date composition of songs. We
have worked a lot on the guitars, recording each guitar 2 times to
come close to the wall of sound feel. Of course we worked with a click
track to be sure the drums where properly on time. In the overall mix
a big emphasis was put on the low frequencies to get a warm and
organic sound. We did not use a lot compression to keep a maximum of
dynamic throughout the album, again to keep this organic feel. Overall
I would say we tend to have a soft mix to balance with the brutality
and aggression of the tracks.

3. What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores
with the music?

We tend to focus our lyrical approach toward man. The theme of album
is the destruction of man by man and our vulnerability toward our
environment. In a song like ‘Harvest the Sun’ we describe how we are
dependent on the sun and that its destruction will cause the death of
us all. On the other hand Eyes of Thousand refers to the concept of
J.P Sartre that “l’enfer c’est les autres” (hell is others) saying
that we exist through others and that the perception that we have of
our self is how we understand the perception that other individuals
have of us. On the other hand ‘Path to Oblivion’ describes how there
is no need of a enormous events to destroy us all, we are at the mercy
of all and first of all of us. Finally a track like “Apocalypse and
Perdition” describes with a nuclear war metaphor any possible way of
inner destruction. I would say this album tries to convey our
predisposition to destruction.

4. What is the meaning and inspiration behind the bands name?

The meaning behind the band’s name is inspired by the concept of
dehumanization. But for sure time it doesn’t mean anything which gave
us a good reason to choose it. For the inspiration we have to thanks
Neverligth Horizon and their album Dehumanized out in 2004.

5. What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and
how would you describe your stage performance?

One of the best performance was in Toulouse at the Pavillons Sauvage
where we literally had all the crowd in a full packed venue. It is one
on these shows where the stage is directly on the floor so everybody
being at our high really got in the show. Something really happened
between us and the crowd, I can’t remember a moment where these crazy
motherfuckers did not mosh. I also remember a show we played 2 years
back in Brussels for party where everybody was really drunk, and
really trashed the venue. A guy with a broken leg came to us after the
show saying he did resist moshing during the whole show.

6. Do you have any touring plans for the new release?

We have a tour planned with Master in October throughout Europe, and
some shows in Italy and France in November. We might have an
interesting festival in December but nothing I can confirm for the
moment.

7. Currently you are singed to Kaotoxin Records, how did you get in
contact with this label and how would you describe the support that
they have given you so far?

I got his phone number through a friend that organizes gigs here in
Brussels and that call upon him for some of his bands. I gave him a
call saying that we were looking for a label and that we would be
interested in Kaotoxin, after having given our website he told me he
would give me call the day after. 30 minutes he called me back saying
we had a deal. Has for the support, I have to say we are very pleased
with it so far, he is doing real well with the means available. For
sure the best thing he got us is the tour with holy Master in October.

8. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by
fans of death metal?

We are still waiting for a larger world wide feedback. For now, 20
days before the official release we have had real good feedback,
people enjoy our music and look forward for our next album. I think
that most people enjoy the fact that we play DEATH METAL, no
compromise. We will see what happens after the European tour.

9. Are there any other projects besides this band or is this a full
time line up?

Dehuman is full time line up, we don’t have any session musicians in
the band. Although some of us have been asked to play has session
musicians. Our drummer is helping out Vibrion from Argentina for the
recording of their next album and I have been asked to help has a
session guitar player for the first Tunisian grind band Human Scum,
that will be playing Obscene Extreme this summer.

10. What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?

More infernal blast beats and more black metal influences. We will try
to concentrate to have longer and more uniformed songs. I think it
will be darker, faster and very brutal. Again no compromised will be
made.

11. What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your
music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

I will have to say that our main influence derives from early 90’s
American death metal that can be summed up in Suffocation, Morbid
Angel and Death. We also have been influenced by the more progressive
works of Atheist, Cynic and John Zorn. Nowadays I am listening to a
lot of experimental and dark folk music such has Nurse with Wounds or
Sol Invictus, crust bands like Skyt System, Detestation, Amaeroba and
the new Emptiness.

12. Does Occultism play any role in your music?

Occultism does not play any role in our music but historical materialism does.

13.Outside of music what are some of your interests?

I enjoy a lot any form of visual art, most of all painting. I grasp a
special interest for ancient civilization and of course in women and
fine whisky.

14. Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?

Thank you for this interview, keep on supporting real death metal and
stay fucking brutal.