Chelsea Grin - My Damnation
Make no mistake about it, Salt Lake City Deathcore sextet Chelsea Grin are a pure Suicide Silence clone. However, you can check my recent review of The Black Crown and discover I don’t necessarily find that to be a bad thing. In fact, this album’s show-stealer, vocalist Alex Koehler, might even have Suicide Silence frontman Mitch Lucker beat in the tortured scream department. These are seriously some of the most agonizing high-pitch screams ever recorded. Seriously, I thought my larynx was bleeding just from hearing it. These guys also come at you with a very potent, Whitechapel-style triple guitar assault. Fitting then that frontman Phil Bozeman makes a guest vocal appearance on crushing album closer, “All Hail the Fallen King.” Fit for an Autopsy’s Nate Johnson also contributes a vocal cameo on “Calling in Silence,” which incidentally might be Koehler’s most crazed, demon-possessed performance on the record. My only real complaint, and it is a minor one, is the instrumental, “Kharon.” While it serves as a pretty breather, it seems a bit pointless. Especially compared to the instrumental on their 2010 debut, Desolation of Eden, the mesmerizing “Elysium.” I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t my favorite song on the album. If Deathcore isn’t your thing, this won’t be the band or album that changes your mind. My Damnation is pretty much straight up by-the-book. Heavy, breakdown-fueled, melodic, brutal, raging, even the 2011 standard Zeuss production is present. But if you already serve at the altar of Deathcore, you just might have a new favorite soundtrack to all this summer’s mischief.
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