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░ ██ ██ Artist: Infernal Death ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Call to War █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2015 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-10-10 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Punishment 18 Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ The last several years have seen the revival of █
█ myriad extreme Metal acts that, for whatever █
█ reason, decided to call it quits before they █
█ really took off. 25 years after the bandÆs █
█ original inception, DenmarkÆs INFERNAL DEATH rise █
█ from the depths to deliver their punishing debut, █
█ ôCall To War.ö █
█ Even without a detailed background on the bandÆs █
█ roots, its safe to say this album has been a long █
█ time coming. Each of the seven songs appeared in █
█ some form on the bandÆs early demos from 1992-93, █
█ and, following a 20-year hiatus, they were █
█ re-recorded for the 2014 demo ôResurrected.ö As █
█ one might expect, the production of the earlier █
█ recordings were primitive at best, so ôCall To █
█ Armsö serves just as much to do the original █
█ compositions justice as it does to kick ass and █
█ make a name for the band, which it does. █
█ ôRuin Of Hateö begins the carnage with a steady █
█ rhythmic pounding and thick, chunky riffs, █
█ galloping with unmistakable energy and purpose. A █
█ strong opening effort, it introduces the listener █
█ to a sound that is inspired as much by the █
█ distinct, down-tuned savagery of bands like █
█ DISMEMBER as it is by the riff-based Metal █
█ ferocity of DEATH pre-ôHuman.ö This is especially █
█ evident in the songÆs fleet-fingered solo, where █
█ Sune BorringÆs leads remind somewhat of James █
█ Murphy on ôSpiritual Healing,ö but with more of a █
█ sinister air and a general sense of chaos. █
█ Elsewhere, the band do a great job of maintaining █
█ their Old-School street cred with furious, █
█ foot-stomping displays like ôGorefeastö and █
█ ôImmortal Race & Psychotic Thoughts,ö but they █
█ also show an awareness of the stylistic evolutions █
█ Death Metal has seen since the band first started. █
█ The section before the solo in the latter song █
█ contains a brief, but effective isolated █
█ double-bass drum fill that leaves things off on a █
█ high note before cascading into a series of █
█ searing leads. ôExtinguishedö is a relentless █
█ barrage of grinding rhythms and bruising riffs, a █
█ formula the album-closing title track adopts, █
█ feeds steroids to, and sends on a killing spree as █
█ they race towards oblivion (or just the end of the █
█ album). █
█ The best part about the album is its █
█ digestibility; none of the songs are more (or █
█ less) technical than they need to be, and the band █
█ are more than adept at getting their point across: █
█ this is not music for the faint of heart. Each █
█ song brims with a controlled fury that rages █
█ without regard for those trampled in their path. A █
█ well-written and satisfying effort, ôCall To Armsö █
█ delivers on the promise INFERNAL DEATH had long █
█ held, and is a worthwhile pickup for anyone who █
█ likes Old School Death Metal. █
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░ 1. Ruin of Hate 4:23 ░
░ 2. Resurrected 4:45 ░
░ 3. A Mirror Blackened 4:14 ░
░ 4. Gorefeast 4:38 ░
░ 5. Immortal Race & Psychotic Thoughts 5:57 ░
░ 6. Extinguished 4:26 ░
░ 7. Call to War 2:44 ░
░ 31:07 ░
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