The (we call her) vocal contributions of a certain Chris Barnes and a Jens Kidman were so, the first (!), Etc. I got to the ears in the field Barks, Howls, Roars, screams. Initially, I had no idea how to react to such SOUNDS as Oller Prog'n scooter, then I just had to laugh! This way of singing I could not take it seriously simple. How should I supposed to even guess / know that such things so long to develop / establish, I should use it in the long run would even dropped?
Since then generated / n the oh so brutal, nasty, nasty death metal or its listeners lways new sub-fractions with ever more adventurous names like Dark-, Doom, Gothic, MATH, Melodic, Nordic, POWER, SPEED, Symphonic, thrash, trash or white-OF-Executioner Metal. The main thing: always nice brutal / nasty / vile / metallic, which was made primarily on Sound Fest / is: almost always two happy times down tuned broadband guitars, a hard left and the other hard right, high-compressed drums, a mostly 5 -saitiger Bass, the more likely additional volume generated as some sort of harmonious authorization would. Above or below, or wherever all the then most different kinds of vocals. Here, as before the divorce grottigen spirits kindled hellish faith-wars, the subjective Metal sub-types define.
After BARNES had disembarked at CC / kicked out and there replaced by George Corp Grinder FISHER, he founded his own chapel without further ado, the now legendary, just not dead at the end of war SIX FEET UNDER. The produced over the years lots of albums extremely ambivalent quality, is to say: of surprising-flying discs to unterirdischten (about ten feet under) complete failure so far everything was there. The latest audio output this sinful stained band called CRYPT OF THE DEVIL:
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THE MUSICIANS
by BARNES hot / play time: Brandon ELLIS / Lead Guitar, Josh HALL / drums and Phil HALL / Bass and Guitars. All their ass play is something of to that it is instrumental alone a joy. Added to this are the Barnes typical texts, see also the paragraph Well then, good night! According envelope playing on Track 2 OPEN COFFIN ORGY a certain Ray suhy and on track 4 BREAK THE CROSS IN HALF a certain Rebecca Scammon electric guitars solos very nice!
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MUSIC / Compositions
CRYPT to come loud booklet all by bassist / guitarist Phil Hall, texts as always by Barnes. This leads on the one (positive) side to the fact that all Sonx very uniform, homogeneous, compact sound, on the other (negative) could be the band once again accused of monotony, lack of vision, boredom - everything as usual so. The length of the disc / the number of pieces surprised once again NOT: Believe it or not all 10 Sonx spread over fewer than all 37 Minutes, WOW!
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THE ARRANGEMENTS
Many guitars solos, many clock and tempo changes, many sub-parts in the few same-short pieces. These unintelligible grunts, which only by the enclosed booklet course (he) is. This presents end here question was / is / remains: WILL woman / man Chrissie's literary outpourings, anyway, word for word understanding?
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Experiments / INNOVATIONS
consider themselves to be a death metal band in general and in particular in SIX FEET UNDER abundant narrow limits to German: We no longer get exactly what we expect, not less, as well. Hello, SFU SFU would not when they began suddenly, sparks or jazz or popping or want to proggen!
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PRODUCTION / THE SOUND
a plate as CRYPT a band like SFU is as good as it comes up in the studio rule pimped / pitched / taped / tuned / whatever: Unlike the live situation all parties have accordingly always several attempts for the likely event that something goes wrong. So all rhythm guitars are all doubled, bass / drums in frequency usually centered and course overdubbed very dense and dull, the vocals as well as guitars solos, so mixed later to. All this was to be expected and thus is completely OK!
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LP VERSION
differs from the CD version discussed here not only in the format (Seriously?), but also by an attached large-format posters, which the / the gentle listener / in the wall or anywhere else can paste back always. NOT distinguish them happening at the number / selection / sequence of Sonx CD content = LP content, and 10 Sonx basta - consistently and disappointing at the same time! I mean, some kind of purchase-incentive would be great, when I think that the otherwise likeable boys ultimately want my money!
The fact of a total of just 37-minute production would in the LP variant therefore makes sense (he) can be used: 18,5 minutes per side, neatly cut deep grooves with decent deflection (= momentum, volume, oomph!) Would have been possible and desirable well, does not register! A decent LP would have at least a completely different, new mastering, if not requires a completely different, new mix. It was omitted from me for unknown reasons, instead, on a 1: 1 resorted back-dubbing of digital anyway Masters, what the (additional) LP-buying is more than questionable, so I do not know ...
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THE COVER / illustrations
the unfamiliar Mike HRUBOVAK based clearly on old CORPSE albums fall but not nearly as intense as the original Vince-LOCKE designs from (before they were censored here and there). Fits already, in today's broken end time anyway: Geier, Grind, bones, mud, mildew, extermination, Stinkung, dead Köppe, decay, decay the full program precisely. However, if I'm considering that in the Klotze same time things like CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, SAW IV or the mentally / psychologically mercilessly-grandiose gruesome BURIED ALIVE (and also the accessible to everyone) to run, I can when CRYPT-cover actually just do what I already had to make the first BARNES intro: LAUGH!
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WELL THEN GOOD NIGHT!
In a normal world (what exactly does that word actually, such a world actually exists somewhere?) Empfände every serious soul plumber brightest joy and greatest satisfaction Chrissie directly into the next nerve / psycho / Soul hospital ward. I mean, either the type of personalized total loss or what I would really want him, he is doing just that. Normal in the sense of NORMAL it is by no means! But he still runs around freely, making his sick crematorium stuff, the candidate such as I then also still buy. But must every / r even know ....
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EVALUATION
THE MUSICIAN / THE PERFORMANCES
4 stars (One can accuse the guys what you want, but: what they do, they do convincingly Especially ELLIS plays 100% polished, through-composed, slightly campy, but perfectly exekutierte solos with extreme vibrato!.)
MUSIC / Compositions
4 stars (What ELLIS fabricated at the solo guitar, HALL creates the consistent design its Sonx here right down to Track 8, which acts rhythmically quite bumpy and rather half-baked, almost anything.)
THE ARRANGEMENTS
3.5 stars (Well, for typical death metal bands typical training / inserts (r), breaks, riffs, unison lines and solo Gegniedel, to the typical Barnes Trademark vocals no less, but also no more ...)
Experiments / INNOVATIONS
2 stars (Yes, LITTLE therefore can also be quite time more!)
PRODUCTION / THE SOUND
4 stars (Death Metal as it should sound: wide, dark, fat, compressed, noisy, full in the Fr ... So, I like such a Sch ...!)
THE COVER / illustrations
3.5 stars (Digipak with nice booklet including all endfertigen, the devil thanks be to not censored Lyrics. If you can make more out of it, but you had obviously not ...)
TOTAL
(21: 6 = 3.5) so bloody, disgusting, rottende, stinking, lethal (quite so, Mr. Barnes?) 4 stars
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HAAX / Kiel
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POST SCRIPTUM
No, seriously: Neither Is this a stroke of genius, nor will I consume this board every day, yet it comes with on a desert island, but: SFU make me laugh, just fun for me. That is to something / someone else first create!
