Cianide - Rage War 1996
Cianide have always held their ground, never giving in inch to any of the various trends to come and go in their nearly decade-long existence. They are, perhaps, the most pure Death Metal band on earth. For that alone I would support them, but there is of course more. This demo sees the band trying out some faster tempos, thanks in part to their new drummer, Andy. This is something I didn’t think I’d be hearing from them, but I’ve no complaints. In fact, this (somewhat) speedier material is some of their best yet, which is saying a lot coming from me, and is every bit as agonizingly heavy as anything they’ve done before, and Mike’s vocals are still the absolute definition of brutal. I tried as best I could to find even a single fault with this demo, but simply put, there are none. Two of the five songs, “Metal Never Bends” and “(We Are) The Doomed,” are in the running for the best Death Metal song of all time, right up there with anything you care to mention. And the other three are not far behind. Since my memory is not exactly known to be perfect, I will not say that this is the best demo I’ve ever heard, but I can’t think of a better one at the moment. I could write about ten thousand more words about this masterpiece, but suffice to say that of everything reviewed in this issue, get this first.
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