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░ ██ ██ Artist: September Murder ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Agony in Flesh █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2009 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-04-23 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Maintain Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Announced as ôthe debut album of the German death █
█ metal hopeö, weÆll have to worry about a countryÆs █
█ whole genre scene if that shall be their hope. █
█ Of course, the four-piece plays its instruments █
█ without any major mistakes, but this is nothing █
█ particular and seems to be the only thing they can █
█ manage. It lacks of variety and inspiration all █
█ the way. You can listen to one song quite easily, █
█ but the whole album becomes nearly a torture, █
█ despite the short playing time. You get the same █
█ blast beat-focused drumming, the same uninspired █
█ riffing, and the same tempo song after song. Do █
█ you like solos, catchy melodies, some groove parts █
█ or ideas that make music interesting? Well, this █
█ album offers none of that all. There are some more █
█ than predictable breaks, but thatÆs it. Oh, and █
█ the intro of ô...And the Entrails Fill the Seaö █
█ tries to add a little bit of atmosphere, but the █
█ attempt is useless thanks to the cheap sample and █
█ the very poor sound. █
█ The sound...what a topic. The production would fit █
█ well on a demo recording, but isnÆt appropriate █
█ for a full-length of a band with a record label █
█ supporting them, especially for a band that is █
█ hyped to be the ôGerman death metal hopeö. The █
█ drums sound really messed up and you hear it best █
█ from the start as the intro sample fades and the █
█ drums enter, but it can be noticed throughout the █
█ album. The guitar dominates the mix, though it █
█ sounds not as powerful as it should. There's more █
█ noise than a real death metal guitar sound. Bass █
█ exists only in the booklet credits. Furthermore, █
█ it is neither audible or even to guess. And over █
█ it all hangs a kind of fuzziness. ItÆs very hard █
█ if not impossible to hear one instrument clear. █
█ It is hard to say if the vocals suffer from the █
█ mix or the vocalist sucks, but I would say it is █
█ both. First, the vocals are far too week in the █
█ mix, but theyÆre also performed without any █
█ dedication or expression. The growling is not a █
█ real death metal growling and the high-pitched █
█ sections are simply annoying and in some parts the █
█ vocals sound rather than deathcore more than death █
█ metal. █
█ In the conclusion, this album suffers from really █
█ one dimensional songwriting and the poor sound. To █
█ remember one song from it will be really hard █
█ because theyÆre all too similar to each other. █
█ I will give this album 5 out of 100 only because █
█ it does not feature any beat downs or such stuff. █
█ Some freaks for modern stuff may have their fun █
█ with it for a week or so until it gets too boring, █
█ but real metalheads should keep their hands off. █
█ █
█ --- █
█ █
█ Germany's death metal scene has been nearly as █
█ explosive as its black metal scene in recent █
█ years, with a steady mix of 'come of age' veterans █
█ and new artists releasing decent albums. This is █
█ the first full-length from September Murder, an █
█ energetic display of fist in the face death metal, █
█ busy without overwhelming technicality and often █
█ melodic without escaping entirely into the █
█ melodeath genre. █
█ Agony in Flesh crushes across eight tracks of █
█ grooving, winding death charged up on a thrash █
█ battery. "...and the Entrails Fill the Sea" opens █
█ with a moody, slower riff which paints a desolate █
█ image of this band's urban wasteland of gutter █
█ stomping death. "Slavery of Heartdisruption" has █
█ some slightly Swedish influence to its agonizing █
█ rhythm picking. "Breathing Cadaver" begins right █
█ where the previous track leaves off, though with a █
█ battering drum rhythm and flustery, thrashing █
█ guitar line. "After Every Setting Sun" rages with █
█ some roiling war drums under a few brutal sludging █
█ chords, before another up-tempo melodic █
█ death/thrash interplay for the verse. "Between █
█ Grass and Guilt" is one of my choice tracks on the █
█ album, a good mix of the band's choppy riff █
█ delivery and brutal tone. "To Satisfy the Eyes of █
█ an Obsessed" has a great flow through its opening █
█ segments, and "Again, It Crossed My Way" is simply █
█ brutal. The album ends with the title track, █
█ another balanced attack with a good melodic verse █
█ riff. █
█ There is a chunky and dark, dominating tone to █
█ this album which really summons out its strengths. █
█ Urban and intense, this is the type of death metal █
█ which screams at you of domestic abuse from an █
█ apartment building in the projects. It's social as █
█ opposed to just being centered on guts and gore. █
█ Frankly, we need more death metal like this, and █
█ September Murder sacrifices nothing in terms of █
█ brutality to deliver its message. A good start for █
█ this band! █
█ █
█ --- █
█ █
█ Agony In Flesh is September Murder's debut album █
█ and many people considered them "the next big █
█ thing in German Death Metal". Therefore I was █
█ expecting great things from this CD. All 4 guys █
█ are in the beginning of 20 so at first I thought █
█ this could be some hype shitty Death Metal like █
█ Germany's Hackneyed or something else. But after █
█ checking the background and reading some older █
█ reviews I felt my expectations improve and bought █
█ this CD. █
█ The record starts with "...And The Entrails Fill █
█ The Sea", a slowed down beginning of an album █
█ which will later unleash pure violence. Doomy █
█ riffs and slow drums are interluding 2 and a half █
█ minute of instrumental power to clear the way for █
█ the vocals and starting a rage. In my opinion this █
█ is one of the best openings since METALLICA's █
█ "Blackened". After that "Slavery Of █
█ Heartdisruption" riding on fast AT THE GATES █
█ riffing in the verses to SUFFOCATION grooves in █
█ the middle parts and back again. 'Breathing █
█ Cadaver' is up next and I simply fell in love with █
█ this song the second I heard it. This is one of my █
█ favorite tracks because it storms out with an █
█ incredible main riff. One of the shortest songs █
█ but also one of the best. Outstanding from start █
█ to finish this song will leave you begging for █
█ more! The title track deserves to be mentioned █
█ too. Agony In Flesh presents a great acquisition █
█ because the song comprise all qualities of the █
█ whole album and blows out a masterpiece ending █
█ riff. █
█ What I adore the most in the music by September █
█ Murder is the perfect mix of technical passages █
█ combined with old school riffing. September Murder █
█ owns a mangy old school atmosphere like early █
█ Grave or Dismember but can't be classified as just █
█ an old school Death Metal band. Modern influences █
█ like Grind and Brutal Death are abounded too, so █
█ "Modern old school Death Metal" would be a good █
█ description for this young band. Summarised I █
█ would say you need to mix their dynamic lyrics █
█ with some really skillful guitar work, a heavy █
█ working bass, raging drums and an absolutly █
█ talented vocalist to get a picture of September █
█ Murder. █
█ The sound production deserves some words too. Let █
█ me tell you first that it sounds great! It's an █
█ absolutly blast, extreme powerful and no █
█ weakening. But the thing I want to talk about is █
█ the roughness. Nowadays it's typical to use such █
█ high-class-perfect-productions like all this █
█ technical fanatics in the vein of THE FACELESS or █
█ TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED. September Murder don't need █
█ that! The production is rough but also clear and █
█ the outcome of this is the brutality which █
█ September Murder needs. The bass is fully audible, █
█ which is great because you can notice the work in █
█ it's full way. Every instruments volume is perfect █
█ and the whole album creates a dark and acherontic █
█ atmosphere in a space of sound which no other band █
█ owns in the moment. █
█ Agony In Flesh is easily one of the best Death █
█ Metal albums of 2009 and definitely worth the buy █
█ and maybe also on the way to become an underground █
█ classic! █
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░ 1. ...and the Entrails Fill the Sea 4:59 ░
░ 2. Slavery of Heartdisruption 4:25 ░
░ 3. Breathing Cadaver 2:45 ░
░ 4. After Every Setting Sun 6:11 ░
░ 5. Between Grass and Guilt 4:55 ░
░ 6. To Satisfy the Eyes of an Obsessed 2:23 ░
░ 7. Again, It Crossed My Way 5:42 ░
░ 8. Agony in Flesh 3:56 ░
░ 35:16 ░
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