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░ ██ ██ Artist: Skinlepsy ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Condemning the Empty Souls █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2013 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2013-08-24 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Thrash Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Shinigami Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ With ex-members of some well known Brazilian bands █
█ such as SIEGRID INGRID, NERVOCHAOS, ANTHARES, █
█ SKULLKRUSHER, PENTACROSTIC and OPERA, this power █
█ trio consisting of Andre Gubber (guitars and █
█ vocals), Evandro Junior (drums) and Luiz Berenguer █
█ (bass) have come up with 9 excellent songs in █
█ their debut album. They call their music "Brutal █
█ Thrash Metal", which is, surprisingly, a good tag █
█ for people who haven't heard them before. After █
█ the first 2 listens, I would say they play a █
█ really intense brand of Death / Thrash, with two █
█ clear influences: early DEW-SCENTED and █
█ Domination-era MORBID ANGEL. No one would deny █
█ that such a mix sounds great; and it certainly █
█ does! First off, the production is perfect. It's █
█ got a detailed mix, where every instrument comes █
█ along clearly, yet the general sound has a punchy █
█ and heavy bottom. Raw guitar / bass tone, in your █
█ face vocals and amazing drum work. There's plenty █
█ of fat, unrelenting riffs and the pounding bass █
█ just rounds up everything. These guys really know █
█ how to play their instruments and their execution █
█ is flawless. Besides the excellent instrumental █
█ work, the vocals are a highlight. I do think they █
█ are a little too present in the final mix, but 2 █
█ or 3 songs into the album, I was already too much █
█ into it to notice. After the 5th listen, I can say █
█ that "Condemning The Empty Souls" is a great █
█ example of South American Metal. I really couldn't █
█ find any weak spots, because it runs full force █
█ from start to finish. Another fact that I really █
█ liked is that, even though the band started back █
█ in 2003, there are no other influences but the █
█ ones I quoted above (well, after some more █
█ listens, I also found some similarities with █
█ country mates KRISIUN and TORTURE SQUAD). All █
█ these songs just sound timeless. It seems these █
█ guys have a pretty good idea of the music they █
█ want to play and they never have lost their path. █
█ You can't go wrong with SKINLEPSY. They deserve █
█ the "Brutal Thrash Metal" tag for sure! █
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░ 1. Crucial Words 3:58 ░
░ 2. Condemning the Empty Souls 3:47 ░
░ 3. Crawling as a Worm 4:29 ░
░ 4. Alienation 3:32 ░
░ 5. Perversions of Racial Hatred 3:03 ░
░ 6. Pride and Rancour 2:51 ░
░ 7. Regressing from the End 4:32 ░
░ 8. Global Desolation 4:19 ░
░ 9. Dominium 3:15 ░
░ 33:46 ░
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