Wednesday, April 25, 2012

The Curse Weekly Playlist: Old School Death Metal Revival That Doesn't Suck

Based on some of the review scores here, one would think I despise Old School Death Metal.  Thing is, I don't: I just dislike more than half of it.  I've said so before, but it bares mentioning again: as far as I am concerned, Death Metal didn't exist until New York and Finland started making it in the early 90's.  The early Floridian and Swedish scenes, the birth places of Death Metal, will always be... well, shit.  At least for me: bands like Master, Entombed, Obituary, Dismember hold absolutely no appeal for me in even the slightest.  Truth is, I can't even sit through a song without getting bored to tears and throwing on Onward to Golgotha.

But this doesn't mean I hate Old School Death Metal, or it's recent revival.  For every shitty SwedDeath worship band, there is usually one band doing something awesome.  In honor of these bands, my weekly playlist will consist of Old School Death Metal Revival bands that do not actually suck.  Learn to respect, Miasmal's of the world:


Track List:

1. Innumerable Forms- "Contaminated" : Death Metal from The United States.  Off the demo Dark Worship(2010).  Similar Artists: Incantation, Morpheus Descends, Killing Addiction

2. Adversarial- "Thralls" : Black/Death Metal from Canada.  Off the LP All Idols Fall Before the Hammer(2010).  Similar Artists: Angelcorpse, Blasphemy, Incantation

3. Desecresy- "Path of the Descendent" : Death/Doom from Finland.  Off the LP Arches of Entropy(2010).  Similar Artists: Rippikolu, Slughathor, Krypts

4. Execration- "Soul Maggot" : Death Metal from Norway.  Off the LP Odes of the Occult(2011).  Similar Artists: Immolation, Bolt Thrower, Asphyx

5. Vahrzaw- "Revelations" : Black/Death from Australia.  Off the LP Defiant(2009).  Similar Artists: Immolation, Incantation, Angelcorpse

6. Spearhead- "Herald the Lightning" : Black/Death from England.  Off the LP Theomachina(2011).  Similar Artists: Angelcorpse, Morbid Angel, Order From Chaos

7. Morbid Flesh- "Reborn in Death" : Death Metal from Spain.  Off the LP Reborn in Death(2011).  Similar Artists: Autopsy, Grave, Death(early)

8. Putrevore- "The Skies Vomit Sulfur" : Primitive Death Metal from Spain.  Off the LP Morphed From Deadbreath(2008).  Similar Artists: Rottrevore, Morpheus Descends, Infester

9. Nerlich- "Entity of Sickness" : Old School Technical Death Metal from Finland.  Off the LP Defabricated Process(2007).  Similar Artists: Martyr, Oppressor, Suffocation

10. Dead Congregation- "Teeth Into Red" : Death Metal from Greece.  Off the LP Grave of the Archangels(2009).  Similar Artists: Incantation, Immolation, Deathspell Omega