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Hailing from Houston, TX in the US, here
breathes an absolutely brutal death metal ensemble known as Crimson
Massacre! “The Luster of Pandemonium” is the bands
first official release with Deathgasm records, but is actually their
2nd album to date (Temple of Gore, 2003). At the first listening to
this, it was apparent something crazy had been undone. Exploring tracks
like "Catalyst's Tongue", "Epoch", and "Redemption",
sounds something like a simultaneous musical vortex of technical aggression
at its utmost peak in the death metal field. Each one of these (let
alone the entire album) hymns boasts of shredding guitar rhythms,
fierce pounding percussive transitions, and a vocal assault similar
to early Atrocity or hell... even Morbid Angel. As a musical whole,
maybe Gorguts or Suffocation would come to mind. There are even a
few 10+ minute tracks including an all-acoustic one! So some abrupt
and quirky surprises can be found as well on this 50 plus minute opus.
Crimson Massacre certainly bring some crazyass (sometimes they can
be too crazy!!) wholesome technical metal to the ever-expanding underground
community. Good stuff!! Rating: 81 Reviewed By: Thomas Mitchell |
