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░ ██ ██ Artist: Harm ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: The Evil █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2016 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-08-10 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Final Gate Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Storming onto the scene, the German death metal █
█ group Harm showed their mettle on the previous █
█ release and the storming impact featured here █
█ continues their ultra-heavy, mid-tempo old-school █
█ death metal attack. Being the first recorded █
█ output with new bassist Felix who joined several █
█ years ago, their second full-length is released █
█ June 18, 2016 on Final Gate Records. █
█ As was established on their previous album, this █
█ here is generally a more mid-tempo and simplistic █
█ death metal attack that goes for large, sprawling █
█ vistas through the doom-influenced rhythms. This █
█ here is mostly just a singular riff repeated █
█ around a crushingly heavy mid-tempo pace that █
█ features scorchingly heavy swirling patterns that █
█ offer up a rather blasting impact with the groupÆs █
█ few outbursts of dynamic dexterous drum-work that █
█ accompanies this mostly simple-minded approach █
█ which is where this one really scores quite well. █
█ With the albumÆs mostly straightforward approach █
█ that opts for the chugging riffing and sprawling █
█ patterns in the arrangements, thereÆs plenty of █
█ utterly dynamic and crushingly heavy moments here █
█ where it takes the agonizing rhythms along through █
█ that series of rhythms here, and for extra █
█ variance it does nicely segue into a series of █
█ faster patterns propelled by some sterling █
█ drumming and urgent chainsaw-style buzzing riffing █
█ that ups the tempo into a feverish gallop which is █
█ a finely accented companion piece to the more █
█ dominant plodding tempos. While these here give █
█ this one such a rousing feel and tone, thereÆs a █
█ slight hint of repetition to be found here as this █
█ one goes about itself in a rather stylistically █
█ similar manner. So many of these rhythms and █
█ patterns are kept in the same general air through █
█ the majority of the tracks here that it can lead █
█ to a bit of a struggle to determine where things █
█ are with this one at times, though itÆs not nearly █
█ as detrimental as expected here as this one has so █
█ much more to really like about it. █
█ With plenty of positives to really get worked up █
█ about and only a few minor issues that really █
█ arenÆt that detrimental to this one all that much, █
█ this has plenty of positive elements to be found █
█ that make it a solid, worthwhile choice for any █
█ fan into this brand of old-school flavored death █
█ metal or resolute revivalist fanatics that prefer █
█ this approach. █
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░ 1. Vlad the Impaler 3:58 ░
░ 2. Knife Penetration 2:46 ░
░ 3. The Evil 4:07 ░
░ 4. Undead World Crusade 3:05 ░
░ 5. City of the Dead 5:09 ░
░ 6. God Forgives - My Chainsaw Not 3:01 ░
░ 7. Gutted Like a Dear 4:08 ░
░ 8. Dead Body Love 4:04 ░
░ 9. First Blood 1918 4:30 ░
░ 10. Panzer Apocalypse 4:38 ░
░ 39:26 ░
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