Death Metal

Review - Carnifex: Slow Death

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Since reuniting in 2013 after briefly disbanding a year prior, California deathcore act Carnifex have found themselves taking on a far bleaker sound with their output. A blackened one, if you will. It was a sensation one could always feel on earlier works, but it wasn’t until 2014’s Die Without Hope that this jump became far more obvious. Comparisons to influences from bands like Deceased to Emperor were thrown about from long time fans and even some nay-sayers alike. Many wondered if this was just a stylistic choice for this album, or if they would continue to nurture their sound for future recordings. Enter 2016’s Slow Death, the next chapter of progression and second to be told through Nuclear Blast Records. But does this effort stand out like last time, or has the band reverted back to their old ways?
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Review - Bulletsize: Pansar

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Bulletsize had originally formed in 2004 as Metal Wings, releasing two full-lengths and an EP in the little time that entity existed. Come 2006, the name was dropped to what we have today due to a change in musical direction. Gone were the days of heavy metal performances, replaced by a mixture of death metal and thrash that saw the band’s popularity grow even more. After a demo in 2008, their self-title dropped later that year through Talien Sin Records. Over the years there were two more full-lengths, an EP, as well as a line-up change that introduced guitarist Kjell Berg in 2009 and Tzaraath bassist David “Abaddon” Nexéus in 2013 to the mix alongside remaining founding drummer Niklas Gidlund (Harassed) and vocalist/guitarist Andreas Persson (Stormgoat, ex-Hellavator). Now the four-piece presents their latest album, Pansar, which was initially released by the band independently in May of 2016, but since has been picked up by Iron, Blood & Death Corporation for an August release of that same year. But is this really the metal assault one would hope for, or was it best left in the digital depths?
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