Liturgy (United States of America (Chicago, Illinois) )

Liturgy - Dawn of Ash [2004] (Brutal Death Metal)
Lable : Unmatched Brutality Records

Pummeling, non-stop fucking death metal. The new school sound and song writing take on the task of the elders to blaspheme the shit out of the cross and its followers. What a great release this is. I do not feel for Disgorge (US), and I think Brodequin are at best average, but when I heard an mp3 of this band I was blow away. I bought the album immediately, and that was almost two years ago, and I still say this is an absolutely great record. It draws on influences form Brodequin and Disgorge, shit, the members are all members of said two bands, and they play covers of a Disgorge and a Brodequin song at the end of the album, but this band seems to draw upon all of the discarded ideas that would have made those two bands better than average.

The guitars sound much like Disgorge, and the drums are absolutely pummeling, the riffing is pretty sweet, not so much your pinch harmonic laden shred fest, although this is definitely a shred fest. There are some breakdowns, but mainly they are accompanied by constant double bass, so they do not really break down, they just keep the flow of the song, with out breaking it, which I think is sweet for this kind of death metal, and varies it up, so as to not sound like Brodequin, with constant blasting. The tones used are nice and consonant for the most part, and the way he breaks his chords and other stuff is also very good, I really like the melodies and riffs on here, they make this album a pretty somber listen. I also like the fact that this album is from America yet there is no slamming on it. Also the vocals, although low and growly and inhaled are not so typical sounding, but they are not very interesting either; I could best describe them as a filler element, albeit a relatively catchy one.

All in all I think this is a great example of taking their best of two bands and adding them up to make them better than both. It is a shame that this band will disappear under the shadows of its parent bands, and will never live up to the fame they deserve. In fact, I doubt they will even release a second album, I mean I fucking hope they do, but I just do not see it happening. Let us hope I am wrong, and if nay members of this band are reading this, prove me wrong, bitches!

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