funebrarum and napalm death!

well i'm glad that yesterday I said that I hadn't really been impressed by anything lately, because I'm sure that's why I found Funebrarum's 2009 release "The Sleep Of Morbid Dreams", which seriously kicks ass. It's been a long time since I've been so impressed by a death metal release, these dudes do old school death metal, and they do it completely right. Mid paced most of the time, but with the occasional lightning fast parts with absolutely visceral, razor sharp riffs with gutteral, vomit soaked vocals. Simple, yet incredibly efficient. Heavy yet melodic in all the right places. If you like death metal at all you would be doing yourself a huge favor to get this.
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also newer this year, Napalm Death's "Time Waits for No Slave". ND is really a band that needs no introduction if you're at all familiar with metal, grind, or punk. Truly one of the most influential bands around, these guys have basically perfected their sound on this 2009 release, although I'm not all too familiar with their recent releases, save 2005's "The Code Is Red", which I also thought was pretty fantastic, but with this release Napalm Death have matured, and truly made something special. Barney Green's voice is one of the most unique in metal, with a very distinguished yell/growl, and a absolutely piercing shriek, which is used at exactly the right time and makes songs so much more intense. The guitarwork here can be pretty varied, but most of the time is pretty much power chords up and down the neck, accompanied by absolutely frantic drumming, which may just be the best part of the cd. Some of the songs are pretty long(by grind standards) at 3-4 minutes, but they actually have structure to them, so as to not drag on. Don't much feel like going on, this shit is good, if you like grind, get it.

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