Avulsion - Dimensions of Darkness
Very heavy Death that is kept simple, and often played slowly. Not unlike the first Asphyx album, except that Avulsion have a more “underground” kind of production, that sort of adds to their rawness. Personally, I like this style of straightforward brutality that doesn’t rely only on speed to deliver it’s deadly message, but although I like Dimensions…, I think these guys need a little more time to perfect things.
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Avalon House - Don’t Leave Me Here Alone
The most interesting thing about this band’s Deathrash is that there are so many other influences to it, including, but certainly not limited to, what might be considered Alternative Rock guitar strumming. Weird, but cool. And usually still pretty intense.
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Avalanche - Scratching at the Surface
The cool stuff about this full-length disc: The lyrics, band member in a Motorhead shirt, the production, and they have a song called “Cunt.” The bad stuff: The extremely terrible wannabe Hardcore tough guy vocals, and some Rap influences. Avalanche have potential and talent, but they would be well advised to obliterate the trendy shit.
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Auzhia - Dark Emperors
Fairly basic fast-paced Black Metal, with keyboards. Occasionally the vox are delivered in a combination speaking/clean singing style, but that’s about it as far as innovation is concerned. Not that it’s really needed for this record to be okay, but if Auzhia wants to stand out of the Satanic crowd, it’d be a good idea. Not bad, but certainly not great.
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Autumn Tears - Love Poems for Dying Children… Act I
I’m sure that they really want to be Dead Can Dance, but what we have here is way too minimalistic to hold my interest. It’s not so easy to create “dark, majestic funeral music,” and make it sound cool.
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Autumn Dawn - ...Emptiness
After the first, acoustic, track, I was really not at all ready for the speedy Death Metal start of track 2, “So Blind.” After nearly a minute, the track sort of shifts gears, and loses me with some inferior riffs. The remaining tracks are all flawed, as are the vocals (usually), but the playing is impressive. I think they may just need a little more time to perfect the riffs, and I’d stick to only the heaviest of the displayed vocals styles.
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Aurora Borealis - Mansions of Eternity
Five intricate Death Metal cuts, with a little Thrash & Black Metal feel thrown in once in a while. Memorable (if somewhat predictable) songs & great production, thanks to Morrisound, but it doesn’t sound exactly like everything else recorded there.
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Asphyx - God Cries
When I played this for my associate Count Bacchus, he mumbled something like, “If there were trees possessed of an evil as ancient as the evil of this band, I’d plant an orchard of them in my back yard.” Well, it’s hard not to agree with that assessment. There’s a raw edge here that might be attributed to the vox not being as low as most Death Metal guys, or maybe a kind of treble boost in the production. Whatever it is, it’s working for them. A reshuffling of the lineup has brought them close to their original form, and they are not fucking around. Some of the drumbeats & guitar parts suggest a (minor) Punk influence, and that’s the only incongruous aspect here, detracting a little from the undead feeling that pervades the rest of the album.
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Chalk - Dead World
Self-described as “Gorecore Rap.” Fuck, what else must I endure? Oddly enough some of this is sorta heavy, in a Sludgy kind of way, but they fuck it up soon enough. I wouldn’t want to be an expert on Rap, but I’ve heard enough to know that these cartoony gore lyrics are very simple and weakly delivered. I’d rather listen to the Geto Boys. The addition of distorted bass does little to help the situation. Even for a “novelty” band, this is terrible.
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