Dead World - The Machine
Not as Death Metal as half of their Dead World 7-inch, but still plenty heavy. I miss the Death element, but I do dig the more experimental/Industrial stuff. These guys evolve somewhat with each release, which is necessary for a band, and somehow they have managed to change in the right ways - which seems to be impossible for a lot of bands. Favorite track: “Kill.”
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Dead World - Dead World / Song of Age
Heavy, mechanical, emotional, perfect, Industrial Death Metal on side one. Clearly Relapse spends the money on quality, as this is one of the best sounding 7-inches I have ever heard. Completely stunning in it’s intensity and clarity. Side two is a spoken word poem set to eerie, haunting music. It is extremely effective and moving. Inconceivably supreme. I don’t see how this could be better at all.
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Dawn (Germany) - The Darkness Within
Regular readers of Metal Curse know how stupid I think it is when bands rhyme “fire” and “desire.” At least Dawn (not to be confused with the other bands of the same name) waited until the last verse of the last song to do it. Other than the occasionally dual-tracked vocals, this is not much above the ordinary, as far as brutal Death Metal, with clear production, goes.
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Dawn (Belgium) - The Wizard Meadow
Not really as Noisy as I expect from my pal Steinbock. In fact this is pretty different from what he usually does. It’s still really weird, and these songs are utterly unique, but. Oh, wait, there’s the chainsaw. For just a second, I was worried. Vocalist Rat adds a degree of sickness with her shrieks. Interesting. Favorite track: “Pale Lady.”
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Dawn (Belgium) - Fucking in the Wood
This is more like actual music than anything Dawn main-man Steinbock has ever done (that I know of). Of course, it’s still totally weird, and not really too musical at all. Rat again screeches some sick vox, and Steinbock whispers some himself this time, also. I miss the chainsaw, but this is interesting. Cool lyrics.
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David La Duke - Heywire
This is a weird release. It has out-takes of various tracks, and the guitar solo title track. It’s interesting to hear all this, but I can recommend it to guitar-hero worshippers only.
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David La Duke - Rock Hard Rocker
The thick production saves this. David’s a good guitarist, but way too mainstream Metal as far as his singing is concerned, at least for me. This is way better than what you would expect from the title, and I really like parts of it, but it’s just too “poppy” for the most part for me to dig all of it, which is too bad, since David is really cool and tries damn hard.
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Darkness Enshroud - Winter of Sorrow
A Black “Metal” band from Indiana?! Yes, it’s true. “Corpse paint” and all. These are not really songs in the traditional sense. They are more experimental than probably anything you’ve ever heard, and maybe better described as “experiences.” Very weird. You were warned.
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Danzig - Thrall-Demonsweatlive
The two new tracks are both great. Classic Danzig, I think. The cover tune, “Trouble,” is pretty cool, although I am getting a little weary of hearing how “evil” Glenn is. The four live tracks are the weird part for me, though. Uncle Glenn’s vox are not very strong on them. It sounds like he was pretty tired. And there is an awful lot of crowd noise. It sounds like a good bootleg. Oh yeah, the song choice is peculiar too. They didn’t include “Dirty Black Summer” which was the first single from the last album, but “Sinistas” is here. Strange.
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