Band Gorefest Title La Muerte Type LP/EP Company Nuclear Blast YOR 2006 Style Death Popular Reviews 2/1/2006 - Review by: Eric Compton Gorefest - La Muerte - 2006 - Nuclear Blast
Jan-Chris and his fellow mates have always been on the cutting edge of the most sophisticated death metal precision, going leaps and bounds away from the Floridian metal scene in the early '90s with the critically acclaimed "False". Gorefest followed by streamlining their process on solid, titanium albums like "Soul Survivor" and "Erase". By 1998 the band had really gone light years away from the standard death metal fare, taking their brand of mayhem and chaos in more direction, adding more angles to their iron-clad ways. Gorefest bordered on pure power metal, almost as if the band holstered their six guns in the same leather as Black Sabbath, Corrosion Of Conformity, and Entombed while still finding their sound cased and laced in a speed metal prison. Now 2006 brings a rejuvenated, much more seasoned Gorefest. Think of "La Muerte" as the best elements of "False", "Erase", and "Soul Survivor". The band hit on all cylinders, carving pounds of flesh in their macabre vision of death metal allegiance through perseverance and intensity. This is a shining star in a genre that falls flatter every year. This is the perfect outlet for more "commercial" beacons to become much more evident. Gorefest trade speed for groove, matching tit for tat on every solid number found here. From the groove wallop of powerhouse "The Call" to the thrash 'n roll sounds of "When The Dead Walk The Earth", this band burns red hot, almost taking the "wolverine blues" of a certain Swedish band and beefing it up rocksteady. Nobody can deny the absolute blistering leads found all over this slab, with obvious highlight being the Kirk Hammet sounding piece on "You Could Make Me Kill". But beyond the fantastic musical choice and selection comes the smooth, calculated atmosphere, really casually slicing around the ear with "Of Death And Chaos" and title track. Think of the abstract thought patterns running through Slayer's "South Of Heaven" while slowly churned with the likes of C.O.C and Sabbath. Mandatory listening for anyone lurking in the dark. --EC 02.01.06 ALL REVIEWS FOR: GOREFEST
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