Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Seprevation Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording of the new album?
Jamie - We've played a few shows in and around Bristol including London and Birmingham. We've also taken the time to just chill out and have a rest after the madness of writing and recording haha. There's also been a lot of prep with getting the album and merch ready to go for release and there's a video in the works too.
Lluc - We've been working hard trying to push the album as much as possible. Because it's completely self funded, it's all come down to us and our management to get it off the ground. Obviously it's our first album so it's all new to us! That and preparing for the tour over a few pints down the pub!
Ian - We've been hard at work getting it all ready for release, really. It's all down to us and our management company, Chaotic Tapestry to organise everything since we have no label or anything.

2.You have a new album coming out in May, can you tell us a little bit more about the musical direction of the new recording and also how does it differ from your previous single and ep?
Joss - It sounds like a band progressing, in my opinion the current sound is far from what I personally want to achieve but this album is a huge step in the right direction.
Ian - The musical direction this time around is slightly different than our last release (Ritual Abuse, our debut EP from 2012), but definitely better. In some ways we've stuck with what we know but a lot of the songs are a lot more experimental, not quite so much straight up death/thrash. Not to say there isn't anything straight up on the record, because there is, but if you're expecting a carbon copy of 'Ritual Abuse', only longer, think again because there's places we visit on this album that we wouldn't have even thought about when we wrote that.
Lluc - The album is definitely more advanced than 'Ritual Abuse' in every way. We've stuck true to what we enjoy and love but tried to push our musicianship and song writing a lot further. Throughout the writing process I think the songs evolved a lot more and certainly opened us up in terms of bringing in new influences.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the newer music?
Lluc - I think again, along with the music the lyrics have certainly evolved. The album deals with a lot of the darker aspects of life. The question of purpose and being a long with dealing with the concept of death and the aftermath. There is still a fantasy aspect to some of the songs and others which pull you into a world of horror. I think the dark subject matter compliments the heavy music well and hope there's topics on there than anyone can relate to.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Seprevation'?
Joss - The name is entirely meaningless haha, the reason we decided on Seprevation was because it sounded cool and there was nothing on the internet like it, therefore we would be easier to find... And somewhat unique, we also wanted a one word name and it seems increasingly harder to do that now a days.
Ian - Sounds cool, right? Doesn't mean anything!

5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?
Ian - Bloodstock, and the Exhumed tour were both fucking amazing!! Personal highlights for me are pretty much every time we play the Gryphon in our hometown Bristol. It's a tiny little venue, about 50 capacity but being our home crowd (and favourite pub) it's just always beyond words. The beer, the staff and most importantly the crowd all make it incredible every time. Another highlight was playing on the Headbangers Balls tour last year, it's such a great cause and after the amount of brutally hard work the organisers did to get it off the ground, I'm really proud to have been part of the first year. It was a killer couple of shows,
so much so that we're doing a few with them again this year. Get your balls out for the cause!
Lluc - Certainly Bloodstock was a highlight and the whole tour with Exhumed. We love playing live and try to have as much fun as possible and hope the fans do too. Haha I guess a fast, relentless, beer fuelled death thrash machine would sum us up pretty well!

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the new album once it is released?
Joss - First of all we are touring the UK with Bonded by Blood and Flayed Disciple, the tour starts on May 18th in London, then we are off with Bloodshot Dawn in October/November around the UK and Ireland, we will have more shows in between but nothing is confirmed for now.

7.Currently you are unsigned, are you looking for a label or have received any interest?
Joss - We would definitely be interested if the right offer came along, it depends!
Ian - We've not received any interest as yet, nor have we been actively looking. If something came along that seemed right we may go for it, as obviously having a label with you is a massive plus, but it's not something on our radar right now.

8.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of death and thrash metal?
Lluc - I guess it's only really begun to spread across the globe. We had some amazing support from fans in the US and surprisingly Indonesia but it's been pretty small scale so far.

9.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
Joss - I'm really not sure, all I think about is the direction of this band, sometimes I think it needs to be more extreme, sometimes more experimental, to combine all of my personal influences is hard enough, let alone considering everyone else's haha, I'm really looking forward to it though, the thought of caring what people
think about Seprevation has long gone and I'm entirely focused on what sounds good to me at the moment.

10.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
Joss - At the moment I'm listening to a bit of a everything haha, Soundgarden, Wormed, Defeated Sanity, Vektor, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Trash Talk, CCR, Coroner, Judas Priest, Flayed Disciple, AC/DC, Cynic… But I think the main influences on Consumed are still bands like Possessed, Sadus, Death and Morbid Angel, anything around the late 80's and early 90's, the classic era for death and thrash.
Ian - Obviously the main influences for our band are bands like Morbid Angel, Sadus, Death, Slayer, Megadeth etc, real old school death and thrash. Personally I've been loving the latest Exhumed record, it's about 6 months old now but I must still listen to it weekly, but other than that, non metal music I love Laura Marling, First Aid Kit, 'nice' chilled out stuff like that (most metal heads probably think it's complete shit) and I've been listening to an absolute fuckload of Creedence Clearwater Revival lately, fucking love it.

11.What are some of your non musical interests?
Joss – Football, Which in metal seems to come with a shit ton of abuse.
Jamie - Cooking, Eating, Smoking and Drinking and the occasional trip to the gym haha
Ian - Drinking.

12. Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
Lluc - If you're a fan of death or thrash metal, check out the video and if you like what you hear Consumed is out May 10th!! Check it out!! As always, any and all support is appreciated. Cheers and see you on the road!!!
Ian - Buy Consumed right fucking now!! Or download it from our Bigcartel. Whatever, just listen to it and if you like it come to a show! Thanks.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Funest/Desecrating Obscurity/Memento Mori/2014 CD Review


  Funest  are  a  band  from  Italy  that  plays  a  very  old  school  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2014  album  "Desecrating  Obscurity"  which  will  be  released  by  Memento  Mori.

  Horror  film  soundtrack  style  synths  start  off  the  album  and  after  the  intro  the  band  goes  into  a  very  fast,  heavy  and  brutal,  old  school  style  Swedish  death  metal  sound  along  with  blast  beats  and  a  mixture  of  screams  and  growls  and  after  awhile  the  band  brings  in  a  mixture  of  both  slow  and  fast  parts.

  When  melodies  are  added  onto  the  album  the  music  starts  having  a  more  dark  and  evil  sounding  feeling  to  it  and  the  band  rarely  uses  guitar  solos  or  leads  and  focuses  more  on  a  fast,  dark  and  raw  old  school  death  metal  sound  and   when  leads  are  finally  added  in  they  only  only  utilized  briefly  and  they  enhance  the  dark  nature  of  the  recording.

  On  some  of  the  later  tracks  the  bass  guitars  start  bringing  in  a  more  powerful  and  dominant  sound  to  the  recording  an d they  also  bring  in  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  samples  on  an  interlude  that  really  adds  in  a  more  violent  atmosphere  and  the  album  returns  back  to  a  heavier  and  darker  direction  on  the  following  tracks.

  Funest  are  another  young  band  bringing  back  the  Swedish  style  death  metal  sound  while  also  being  a  bit  more  heavier  and  darker  than  most  band s of  the  genre,  the  production  is  very  dark,  heavy ,  old  school  and  professional  sounding  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark,  blasphemous,  horror  and  death  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Funest  are  a  very  great  sounding  old  school  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Buried  And  Forsaken"  "Darkened  Genesis"  "The  Stench  Of  Blessing"  and  "Deranged  Baptism".  8  out  of  10.  
  

Question/Doomed Passages/Chaos Records/2014 CD Review


  Question  are  a  band  from  Mexico  that plays  an  occult  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2014  album  "Doomed  Passages"  which  was  released  by  Chaos  Records.

  Drum  beats  and  an  evil  old  school  death  metal  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  dark  melodies  and  deep  growls  and  after  awhile  the  music  speeds  up  a  bit  and  blast  beats  are  added  onto  the  recording  along  with  a  small  amount  of  high  pitched  screams.

  The  bass  guitars  have  a  very  powerful  presence  on  the  album  and  the  music  sticks  to  an  early  90's  direction  of  death  metal  but  with  a  more  raw  approach  as  well  as  bringing  in  a  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  the  guitar  leads  and  solos  enhance  the  darkness  this  music  produces.

  As  the  album  progresses  the  music  gets  more  dark  and  evil  in  sound  while  also  maintaining  a  melodic  atmosphere  which  dominates  on  the  instrumental  and  the  music  ignores  all  of  the  trends  in  the  past  20  years  and  the  album  sounds  like  it  could  of  easily  been  released  in  1992  and  some  of  the  tracks  bring  back  the early  brutal  death  metal  sound  of  the  mid  80's  to  early  90's  and  on  some  of  the  later  tracks  you  can  hear  a  small  amount  of  blast  beats  being  utilized  and  the  last  song  is  classical  guitar  musical  piece.

  Question  stick  to  a  very  dark  and  old  school  form  of  occult  death  metal  on  this  album  concentrating  more  on  darkness  and  heaviness  than  speed,  blast  beats  or  brutality  as  well  as  showing  a  great  amount  of  talent  and  skill  in  the  musical  instruments,  the  production  has  a  very  raw  early  90's  old  school  sound  while  still  being  heavy  and  the  lyrics  cover  Occultism,  Darkness  and  Philosophical  themes  and  one  of  the  tracks  is  very  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  Question  are  a  very  great  sounding  old  school  occult  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Mournful  Stench"  "Grey  Sorrow"  and  "Sea  Of  Black".  8/5  out  of  10.
  

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Super Massive Black Holes Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording of the new album?

Just lots of jamming, tightening the screws, so to speak.

2.You have a new album coming out towards the end of April, can you tell us a little bit more about the musical direction of the new recording and also how does it differ from the 2 ep's that you had released a few years back?

This record seems like a natural step for us, focusing our sound more to make an album, not just a collection of songs. I'm pretty biased, but I think this is easily our best stuff.                  . 

3.Your song lyrics cover scientific theories, can you tell us a little bit more about your interest in this topic?

We all dig science and the wonders of the universe. We aren't professors or anything, and the lyrics aren't lectures by any means, but we did wrap everything in a thick layer of metaphor. We would take a theory that interested us, for example the holographic principle, and we incorporated a universal human experience within each of the songs, such as having a belief system or hiding behind a mask of shame. Things almost everyone has encountered at some point in their lives. 
  
4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Super Massive  Black  Holes'?

Basically, a black hole is a gravity well in space. An "object" so dense that it's gravitational pull is so immense that it consumes even the light surrounding it, which is why, to us observing it through a telescope, it looks like a big black hole. Now a supermassive black hole is the category for the largest black holes. On the surface, it's got a funny sounding name, but really, it's a pretty crazy thing. So we try to adopt that philosophy in our music and make crazy music with a bit of humor. Although, some people have said it's because we like Muse. 
        
5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?

We played these two fests back to back in our city last summer, Calgary MetalFest and Vernstock. Both were so much fun and everybody was killer. For CMF, we played the night Disciples of Power were playing, who are just great. Then the next night we went and saw Scale the Summit and Intronaut, which was stellar.  As far as our stage performance is concerned, we try to play the songs as best we can while still looking like we're into it.

6.Do you have any touring or show plans once the new album is released?

We don't have any dates confirmed, but we're looking into a West Coast tour.

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

We've actually been surprised about how broad our acceptance within the metal community has been. I guess even black metal dudes can appreciate a little fusion now and again.

8.What is going on with the other musical projects these days that some of the band members are involved with?

Well, my other band is a tech-grind outfit called Anakronis in which I play bass, and we put out an EP last october. And Jake's other band Statue of Demur is playing lots of shows and getting ready to start on their 2nd album. He does bass and vocals for them.

9.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

Personally, I think we've defined our sound pretty well with this record, and I'm excited to explore it and go deeper.

10.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

We're heavily influenced by prog rock - Rush, Gentle Giant, Mahavishnu Orchestra, that sort of thing - and we're pretty into death metal like Decapitated, Cephalic Carnage, and Gorguts. But we also listen to jazz like Brubek, Coltrane and Avishai Cohen.

11.What are some of your non musical interests?

Two members actually had their first kids during production of the album, so that was pretty crazy. Other than that, Clay plays hockey, Jake likes getting drunk at shows, Tristan plays monopoly, and I dig the smooth taste of gingerale.

12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

Thanks for reading and um, new record out April 29th, check it out atwww.smbhmusic.bandcamp.com and www.minotaurorecords.com Peace!

Hannes Grossman Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on since the release of the solo album?
Well, I have been sending out a lot of CDs, haha. You know, I'm doing the distribution myself, so I sign and send out every copy by hand. Besides that there is a lot of stuff I'm working on simuntaneously, like writing new stuff for Obscura, and I work a lot in general. So business as usual.


2.Recently you have released a solo album, can you tell us a little bit more about the musical sound that is present on the recording and what are some of the things you where able to do on this release, not you are not able to do with your other bands?
I'm in the very priviledged situation to play exactly the music I like.
So yes, why doing a solo album at all? The music on it might be even a bit similar to the bands I play in. But still, in every band you have to make copromises. You need to make compromises on the parts that the other musicians play, as well as on the songwriting and on the production.. This time I didn't have to do any compromises with anybody else. It was a project where I was able to do exactly what I want all the way, even considering lyrics and vocal lines.


  3.The lyrics on the album cover esoteric topics, can you tell us a little bit more about your interest in this topic?
It's not so much esoterical, it's rather philosophical. I'm very interested in this topic. The album is a concept album and I had the initial idea for it when I was in Rome two years ago. You can see a lot of Christian culture there, but if you dig a little deeper you can find pre-Christian temples. One big pre-Christian cult was the Mithra cult, which had a lot of similarities with Christianity. But Christianity paved its way into the modern age - Mithra cult didn't. The main reason for this is because Christianity had something to offer that other religion's weren't offering, like absolution, monotheism and the abbandoning of human sacrifices. My main idea was: what if it's just a 
coincidence? Could it be that in a parallel universe there are Mithra temples instead of churches? This led me to the thought, that if today someone started a totally new religion (like Sientology), how would this religion have to be like to make it become the main religion in 2000 years?
There are 5 songs on my album which build the basis for a imaginary new religion called "Aeon cult", which takes place in a multiverse/ another dimension. The first song AEON ILLUMINATE is about god and describes his character. God here is simply time itself, which is a multidimensional being. Humans can just feel time in a linear way, but Einstein proved that time is relative and a dimension in space, like length, width. So it's quite logical to see time as a god that decides over live and death. The song "Alien Utopia" discusses the role of non-godly beings, aka humans (among other creatures). "The Sorcerer" builds the prophet of this religion, like Mohammet or Jesus. The song says, that men themselves are prophets to this religion and can decide over life and death. So my 'religion' offers something that most modern people are seeking for: pure individualism and narcism, while "Solar Fire Cells" is just a poem about the cosmos itself. The title track deals with the most important topic to any religion: life after death. In this case men are reborn in an endless repeating cycle of time travelling through different universes. So after all my imaginary religion offers endless life and pure individualism. That could be a good common ground for a new cult to come.

I could go on and talk for hours about this concept, but time is too short, haha.


4.Who are the quest musicians that have participated on your album?
All musicians that play on the album are friends of mine and I'm proud to have them on the album. Linus Klausenitzer (Obscura) plays bass, Morean and V.Santura (both Dark Fortress) handle the vocals. Jimmy Pitts plays some incredible keyboards, while I could get an impressive list of guitar players:

- Jeff Loomis (ex-Nevermore)
- Christian Muenzner (Obscura, Spawn of Possession, ex-Necrophagist)
- Danny Tunker (Aborted)
- Tom Geldschlager (Fountainhead)
- Per Nilsson (Scar Symmetry)
- Ron Jarzombek



5.You are more known as a drummer but you also play guitar on the album, are you open to playing guitar with your other musical projects in the future?
Yes, of course! But I just play drums way better than guitars, so I don't really see it happening.


6.Can you tell us a little bit more about your dvd and book for drummers that you have released in the last few years?
I released a DVD called "Progressive Concepts for the modern metal drummer" which shows mainly my playing technique, but also I play a lot of songs on it. I self-produced and self-released the DVD. The book however was published by HalLeonard, which is the world's largest sheet music publisher. It's a follow up of Alex Webster's (Cannibal Corpse) bass book "Extreme Metal Bass", so I called my book "Extreme Metal Drumming". Hal Leonard were searching for a metal drummer who has a name in the metal community but who can also write notation and work like an
author. I'm very proud of both the DVD and the book and of course you can get them on my website.




7.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your solo album by fans of death metal?
It's been overwhealming so far, from all over the world. I even sold 40 CDs to Taiwan, haha. So the response is great and it displays in the record sales, which is great. I hope I will be able to bring the project on stage some day!



8.What is going on with your other musical projects these days?
We're in the songwriting mode with Obscura, a new album is in the works. 
But I think it will take until early next year until it's finally released. I'm also working on a new drum project with Sebastian Lanser  (Panzerballett), imo by far the best drummer in the German drum scene. 
We're writing songs for two drum sets, in a way it has never been done before. So we split up and orchestrate both drum sets following different instruments at the same time. Thus we can create songs which one drummer couldn't play at all, but which are still good songs to listen to.

I'm also working on a completely new band featuring some people who have played on my solo album. I can't tell any details yet, but we want to break the boudraries between (prog) rock, classical music and extreme metal. So very ambitious. Most parts of an album is written and I think it's by far the best I've ever done.



9.Where do you see yourself heading into as a musician in the future?
As most diversely as possible. I want to do new things and get better as a writer and as a performer. So a lot of work to do, I better start right now...



10.What are some bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your solo album and also what are you listening to nowadays?
The stuff I listen to doesn't necessarily influence me. I have some sort of "musical DNA" which is a sum of my influences. By influences I don't only mean bands I've listened to, but also the music I grew up with, and mostly the musicians I played with. Those people influenced me more than any CD I ever heard. I don't write music like this: listening to a band I like and then trying to write something that sounds similar. Many people try to write like this but imo it's totally pointless. I try to be myself when I create music and sound like no other. If it does sound like something else, it happend unconciously.


11.What are some of your non musical interests?
I love to cook and I'm very much interested in other countries and cultures.



12.Before we we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

Thank you for your time and giving me the possibility to talk about my stuff. You can get my CD at bandcamp.com or on my own website 
www.hannesgrossmann.com

Thank you!

Monday, April 21, 2014

Cemetery/Enter the Gate(Discography 1991-93)/memento Mori/2013 Couble CD Compilation Review


  Cemetery  where  a  band  from  Germany  that  played  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2014  compilation  "Enter  The  Gate"  which  was  released  by  Memento  Mori  and  contains  all  of  their demo's  and  recordings  from  1991  to  1993.

  Dark  sound  effects  start  off  the  first  disc  and  then  the  music  goes  into  a  more  death/thrash  metal  direction  along  with  some  morbid  sounding  melodies  and  after  a  couple  of  minutes  growling  vocals  are  added  into  the  music,  after  awhile  clean  playing  is  added  into  certain  parts  of  the  recording  along  with  melodic  guitar  leads.

  The  songs  the  band  bring  onto  the  compilation  sound  very  underrated  for  the  time  they  where  recorded  and  the  band  shows  they  had  as  much  talent  as  the  other  death  metal  bands  of  the  time   and  the  bass  guitars have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them,  as  time  goes  on  by  the  band  start  bringing  in  a  mixture  of  acoustic  and  heavy  parts  which  gives  the  music  an  early  technical  death  metal  feeling.  as  well  as  a  small  amount  of  synths  while  the  main  focus  is  on  a  true  death  metal  sound  and  some  of  the  tracks  are  very  long  and  epic  in  length.

  The  band  has  a  very  raw  sound  in  the  faster  sections  of  the  music  along  with  some  blast  beats,  and  on  the  second  disc  the  music  starts  out  with  some  synths,  acoustic  guitars  and  an  intro  but  is   a  lot  more  heavy  and  raw  with  some  of  the  early  90's  brutality  on  the  second  disc  than  it  was  on  the  first  disc.

  Cemetery  show  they  where  a  very  underrated  band  fro  their  time  with  the  first  disc  showing  a  more  progressive  and  talented  sound  while  the  first  disc  is  pure  raw  old  school  death  metal,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  for  the  time  it  was  released  and  also  considering  they  never  got  signed  to  a  label  and  the  lyrics  cover  darkness  and  occult  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Cemetery  where  a  very  great  sounding  underrated  death  metal b and  for  their  time  and  if  you  want  to  hear  some  of  the  better  death  metal  that  never  got  known  in  the  early  90's,  you  should  check  out  this  compilation.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Pits  of  Hell"  "At  Dark  Places"  "Something  Evil"  and  "Dungeon  Of  Dreams".  8/5  out  of  10.  

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Terminal Death/Self Titled/Shadow Kingdom Records/2014 Double LP Compilation Review


  Terminal  Death  where  a  band  from  from Chicago,  Illinois  that  played  a  mixture  of  thrash  and  death  metal  and  where  considered  one  of  the  first  death  metal  bands  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  titled  2014  double  compilation  album  which  will  be  released  by  Shadow  Kingdom  Records  and  contains  their  1985  demo  and  a  couple  of  rehearsals  from  85  and  86.

  A  raw  80's  thrash  sound  starts  off  the  compilation  along  with  some  of  the  primitive  elements  of  early  death  metal  and  the  music  has  a  lot  of  the  crossover  elements  of  that  era  and  on  the  second  track  blast  beats  and  early  death  metal  growls  are  added  into  the  music  along  with  some  chaotic  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  The  slower  sections  of  the  music  make  the  songs  sound  a  lot  more  dark  and  heavy  and  they  also  bring  in  the  early  Slayer  high  pitched  screams  at  times  and  the  songs  have  a  more  raw  and  aggressive  sound  than  some  of  the  earlier  death metal  bands  that  where  around  at  the  time  and  the  bass  guitars  sound  very  powerful  on  some  of  the  tracks.

  The  rehearsal  tracks  have  an  even  more  raw  and  garage  like  feeling  to  them  than  the  versions  they  released  on  the  demo  since  it  has  all  of  the  band  members  playing  them  live  and  they  also  bring  in  a  few  unreleased  tracks  that  where  not  featured  on  the  demo  and  they  have  a  more  aggressive  punk/metal  feeling  to  them  and  except  for  the  3  unreleased  tracks  both  rehearsals  are  mostly  the  same  tracks  that  where  on  the  demo.

  Terminal  Death  sound  very  underrated  for  their  time  and  they  show  death  metal  in  its  more  early,  raw  and  primal  days  when  the  music  was  still  making  its  transition  from  thrash  and  the  song s they  provide  have  more  aggression  than  some  of  the  other  bands  of  that  era  that  stayed  around,  the  production  has  a  very  raw  sound  and  the  lyrics  cover  war  and  death  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Terminal  Death  where  a  very  great  sounding  raw  and  aggressive  death/thrash  metal  band  and  if  you  are  interested  in  hearing  the  origins  of  this  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  compilation.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Terminal  Death"  "Judge  Death"  and  "Chained  to  the  Abyss".  8/5  out  of  10.