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░ ██ ██ Artist: Epitaph ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Sinner Waketh █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2016 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2018-03-24 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Dark Symphonies ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Epitaph were one of the early 1990s Swedish death █
█ metal bands that released one album (Seeming █
█ Salvation) and vanished after 1993. They are also █
█ one of those bands that have gained a bit of buzz █
█ riding the HM-2 death metal revival and recent █
█ reissues of that old album. They are also one of █
█ those bands that have reformed. But, they are NOT █
█ one of those bands that have come back to merely █
█ copy old formulas. Sinner Waketh sees all 3 █
█ original members return; Nicke Hagen û Bass & █
█ Guitars, Johan Enochsson û Drums & Vocals, Manne █
█ Svensson û Guitars. █
█ What I noticed right away listening to this album █
█ was that the knobs of the HM-2 werenÆt all at 10. █
█ The guitar tone is more restrained, not drenched █
█ in buzzsaw distortion like their peers. I thought █
█ this would be a hindrance to the album, but as you █
█ get into the songs, you realize this approach █
█ helps to bring out more nuance in the riffs and █
█ really sounds great with the melodies and during █
█ the guitar solos. It also helps Sinner Waketh █
█ stand out as something more than just a death █
█ metal revival record. █
█ The album kicks off with an ominous intro that █
█ leads to a rather simple opening riff sequence █
█ with lots of bouncy groove. Things open up more on █
█ Death on a Pole, one of my favorite tracks, with █
█ some faster playing, leading into more thrashy █
█ palm-muted riffs. Toward the end there is a slower █
█ riff with bluesy guitar leads. The vocal approach █
█ changes from song to song and sometimes even in █
█ the same verse. ThereÆs plenty of low-throated █
█ growls reminiscent of Johnny Hedlund from █
█ Unleashed, but other times they are snarling a la █
█ Jeff Walker from Carcass. On the third track, █
█ Heathens, both vocal styles are used at the same █
█ time to give you an early Carcass or Deicide vibe. █
█ This track also has some great riffs that boarder █
█ on death æn roll territory, but still remain █
█ heavy. █
█ There are nine full songs across the albumÆs ten █
█ tracks that pivot between blast, groove and doom █
█ and keep the vocal carousel spinning throughout. █
█ The first half of the album is bit more █
█ entertaining than the second half, but no less █
█ brutal. Overall, this is a very solid comeback █
█ album with a refreshing take on the classic death █
█ metal sound. █
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░ 1. Abomination 4:01 ░
░ 2. Death on a Pole 3:52 ░
░ 3. Heathens 4:34 ░
░ 4. Squeezing Out the Life 4:25 ░
░ 5. Desecrated Tomb 3:56 ░
░ 6. Epitaph Engraved 1:24 ░
░ 7. Wheels of Mastication 3:21 ░
░ 8. Bloodstained Visions 2:50 ░
░ 9. Blasphemy 3:27 ░
░ 10. Sinner Waketh 3:50 ░
░ 35:40 ░
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