Sweden has produced a
massive amount of quality death metal, and here in the form of
Norrkoping's Desecrated, they've served up another belter.
Looking through their
bio on the bands Facebook page, it's clear to see that this lot have
evolved massively from their original days as a heavy metal project
by guitarist Erik and their ex-drummer, although the band played
under the name Metalonium at that point. Still, to have come from
that to producing what they are doing now, it's obvious that they've
worked hard to develop what is a truly crushing sound.
From the outset you can
tell that there's a lot of Bloodbath in the mix here, but certainly
drawing on them rather than ripping them off as so many new death
metal bands do. Desecrated certainly fit firmly into the death metal
genre but still achieve their own sound, largely achieved by vocalist
Micke Karlsson's incredible visceral growls.
The track that first
took me to the band was 'Infernal Evisceration' which I actually
stumbled upon through Reddit's 'headbang to this' sub. I tend to only
check the sub once in a blue moon but this time it really has been
worthwhile. From that track I found the band's Youtube channel which
has a whole bunch of other songs uploaded, including 'Oblivion',
probably my favourite of the bunch, with a more black metally vocal
over the top of some seriously crushing music.
Desecrated are
definitely one of my favourite finds of the year so far, taking all
the best parts of death metal and giving it a fresh kick up the arse
to make something absolutely incredible in the form of the 'Oblivion'
EP.
Desecrated are on
Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/DESECRATED/399689540087965
You can hear their
fantastic music here on Youtube :
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGQHPDXM0AQP34UUTqP4rEw
Please do give them a
go if you're a death metal fan, they are absolutely fantastic. Jag
tycker om Desecrated!
Big Metal Bastard is
back with loads more music coming your way, after a long time away
from blogging the time has come to start doing this again.
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