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Good ol' Deeds returns like some rugged and
familiar guard dog: reliable, consistent and strong. "Mark of the Legion"
was their last offering, and a great one it was. This new album consists of 8
long tracks, one of which clocks in at over 10 minutes, a feat not easily
achieved in brutal death metal. Erik's trademark riffing is in fine form,
combining whirring melodies with muted chunk scales and setting DOF above
their peers with memorable songs, exemplified in "Infested Beneath the
Earth" and "Disinterred Archaic Heap". Drummer Mike Hamilton mixes the
brutish combination of 16th note snare/8th note cymbal blasts on "Banished",
which seemed to be the best track upon first inspection, with some hi-hat
spice, reviving a percussive flair not seen in a few years around the Deeds
camp. His snare is somewhat piercing, a trait that always seems to add
excitement to death metal, though it was tough to tell if this was due to head
tuning, technique, equipment or some combination of the three. As with all
Deeds of Flesh albums, this is brutal, fast and technical: truly the prototype
second wave of American death metal
sound.
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1. Reduced |
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To Ashes 2. Infested Beneath The Earth 3. Avowed Depraved |
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4. Empyrean 5. Human Trophies 6. Banished |
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7. Disinterred Archaic Heap 8. The Endurance |
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