Impaled - The Dead Shall Dead Remain
After a split 7-inch with Cephalic Carnage, two demos and two appearances on Razorback Records’ Gore Is Your Master series of compilation CDs, Oakland’s Impaled have finally released their debut album. Much in the vein of General Surgery, this has that “Sunlight” sound mixed with the pathological style of lyrics. If you don’t remember General Surgery (they only had one album and a 7-inch, both I believe were released on Nuclear Blast almost a decade ago), imagine the crossbreeding of Dismember and Carcass with the offspring possessing Dismember’s music and Carcass’ lyrics. Impaled plays in the mid-paced range most of the time, slowing down and getting heavy and occasionally kicking in with a burst of speed. This range is probably the best for this style of music as the over-distorted guitar sound gets real messy at high speeds. The best thing about this album is the fact that all the songs are memorable without losing any brutality. I only had two gripes about this album. I personally thought that the guitars were a bit low, and secondly, that 15 or so minutes of silence at the end of the last song just annoyed the fuck out of me. I absolutely hate it when bands do that. Other than that, this is a real ass-kicker. Oh yeah, is it me or does Sean McGrath (Impaled’s guitarist/vocalist) look an awful lot like our fearless editor Ray Miller? [It may just be you. -Editor]
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