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░ ██ ██ Artist: The Black Coffins ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Dead Sky Sepulchre █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2012 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-06-28 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Black Hole Productions ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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░█ █░ ▀
█ As the old school death metal revival reaches █
█ critical mass, the men are beginning to separate █
█ themselves from the mice; the bands that mean it, █
█ maaan are putting out seriously shit-kicking █
█ records in order to show theyÆve got what it takes █
█ to hang with the old guard and then some. One such █
█ group of hungry young upstarts is Sao PauloÆs The █
█ Black Coffins. Possessing the South American █
█ penchant for filth ænÆ fury and combining it with █
█ the gut-busting rumble of Stockholm Swe-death, █
█ these metal miscreants are putting other would-be █
█ OSDM practitioners on notice with their debut full █
█ length, Dead Sky Sepulchre. █
█ I know what youÆre thinking; everybody and their █
█ grandma is doing the Boss HM-2-addled █
█ Entombed/Dismember/Grave meets crust/hardcore █
█ thing; Southern Lord alone put out roughly 5,000 █
█ records worth of the stuff in 2012. But ya see, █
█ hereÆs the thing, there are bands doing it for the █
█ fashion and then there are the bands doing it with █
█ fucking passion; The Black Coffins fall squarely █
█ into the latter category. ThereÆs a certain █
█ neck-snapping gusto that characterizes all the █
█ best Brazilian bands, youÆve heard it in the likes █
█ of early Sepultura, Sarcofago, Sextrash and more █
█ recently Violator; The Black Coffins are possessed █
█ by that same youthful exuberance (a recurring █
█ theme here at THKD) in spades, that same urge to █
█ tear shit apart and trample the remains into dust. █
█ In listening to Dead Sky Sepulchre, itÆs clear █
█ that The Black Coffins are influenced by more than █
█ just the usual suspects; IÆm hearing a shitload of █
█ Integrity worship on several of these tracks, and █
█ where I come from there ainÆt a damn thing wrong █
█ with it. ItÆs refreshing to hear a band who █
█ clearly shares my belief that Those Who Fear █
█ Tomorrow is every bit as crushing as Left Hand █
█ Path. Stockholm death metal and the Cleveland-bred █
█ ôholy terrorö hardcore sound of Integrity and █
█ Ringworm occupy a very similar sonic space; it was █
█ only a matter of time before someone hit upon the █
█ idea of fusing the two together, and The Black █
█ Coffins do it with a level of skill and intensity █
█ that makes Dead Sky Sepulchre sound like the work █
█ of battle-hardened veterans, rather than a debut █
█ album (I reckon thereÆs also a little Motorhead in █
█ the way these gents bulldoze through their tunes, █
█ but that probably goes without saying). █
█ With Dead Sky Sepulchre, The Black Coffins have █
█ made the album all the bands attempting this style █
█ wish they could make. Go ahead, name a band; The █
█ Black Coffins roll right over them like an M-1 █
█ tank thatÆs been commandeered by a horde of █
█ blood-thirsty psychopaths. This is tuneful, █
█ bare-knuckled brutality of the highest order; the █
█ perfect soundtrack to knock-down drag-out █
█ fisticuffs in the middle of an abandoned █
█ graveyard. Whatever you do, donÆt let this █
█ late-2012 release slip under your metal radar. █
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░ 1. Dead Sky Burial 1:43 ░
░ 2. Chambers of Eternal Sleep 3:11 ░
░ 3. Below ]Roots 2:56 ░
░ 4. Carve the Host 2:43 ░
░ 5. The Last Spectral Convoy 3:36 ░
░ 6. Hate '96 3:52 ░
░ 7. Hibernaculum 2:15 ░
░ 8. Transition: Compulsory 3:05 ░
░ 9. Dead Planets 3:05 ░
░ 10. To the Universal Throne 2:18 ░
░ 11. The Cryptborn 3:46 ░
░ 12. Dead Sky Sepulchre 6:30 ░
░ 39:00 ░
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