All Shall Perish - Hate, Malice, Revenge

Hate, Malice, Revenge is a good example of how to do deathcore right. All Shall Perish didn't do pretty much anything new with the genre when they released this back in 2003 but the result was an extremely solid metal album.

This album brings standard yet very well executed death metal riffing balanced very well with the gratuitous breakdowns the genre is known for. They manage to avoid the pitfall most deathcore bands seem to dive face first into, which is throwing out breakdowns however they can, whenever they can, with aggressive and powerful riffs blending smoothly into crushing breakdowns.

To help to keep things flowing All Shall Perish make use of catchy melodies most evident on songs like Laid to Rest and Our Own Grave, with Craig Betits highly varied and powerful vocal style suiting it perfectly.

This album was followed by The Price of Existence ( 2006 ) which took things in an even more melodic direction, and Awaken the Dreamers ( 2008 ) which is one of the worst and more pretentious albums I've ever heard.

Anyhow, check it out on mediafire

Abominable Putridity - In The End Of Human Existance (2007)

Abominable Putridity is a band from Moscow, Russia. They play incredibly catchy Slam Death Metal. Their vocalist is Big Chocolate who many of you have probably seen on YouTube.

This album has become one of the most well known Slam Death albums in the past few years. That is because this album is incredibly good. It's focused, well written and very brutal. I have listened to it countless times since it came out.

The album sounds very well for this kind of Death Metal. It's got a lot of bass and it's very clear.

You should definitely check it out on MediaFire

Iron Monkey - Our Problem

Iron Monkey was a sludge metal band from the U.K. that released two albums, one s/t and Our Problem.
They formed in 1994 and in 2002 their vocalist Johnny Morrow died of an heart failure.

Our Problem is fantastic, with alot of catchy and great riffs assembled within one album. The vocals sound like a chain smoking, drug abusing alcoholic and it's awesome.

I got into these guys in 2007, by downloading some earache complication and their track Supagorgonizer was in one of the folder, fucking loved it since I first heard it.

                            DRUQKS
This download includes We've Learned Nothing EP

Cerberus - Dispute The Truth (2007)

Cerberus is a band from Los Angeles, California. They play a blend of Thrash Metal and Melodic Death Metal. This is their second full length album. They broke after releasing this album but just got back together a short while ago.

Their music doesn't sound very interesting on paper, I mean Thrash/Melodeath aren't very new genres but these guys pull it off well. A very nice release from these guys.

The album sounds great. It was recorded with Zack Ohren at Castle Ultimate Studios where every metal band in California seems to be recording.

Check it out on MediaFire

Vehemence - God Was Created (2002)

Vehemence is a band from Phoenix, Arizona. They play Death Metal with a much emphasis on epic melodies. I guess they could be labeled as Melodic Death Metal as they are heavily melodic but the Melodic Death Metal I have listened to doesn't sound quite like this.

This is the bands second full length album. They released three full lengths before calling it quits in 2005. Then later in 2007 they decided to reform and although they haven't released anything since then I hear they have been playing live all over. When they were not playing three of their members went on to play with then newly formed band Abigail Williams. They stopped playing with them when they decided to reform Vehemence.

This album has a very old school production. The production sounds like early NYC Death Metal, especially the drums. The guitars have a tight rhythm sound and have some epic melodies with the typical lead guitar sound.

You should check it out on MediaFire

Self Collapse - The Affliction EP (2009)

Self Collapse is a band from Montreal, Canada. They play what is in essence Deathcore but I like to think of it more like tech death with Hardcore influences. I know that is basically Deathcore but give it a listen and you will see that this is way more than your average Deathcore.

This their first release and this is some great first release. I think people should definitely check out this band. I really liked it and it this band has some great musicians. It sounds good, though not great but what can you expect from a small band releasing their first EP.

Check it out on MediaFire

Arkaik - Reflections Within Dissonance (2010)

Shit, I haven't posted since Thursday because I have been very busy. Now I am on Christmas break from school and I plan on posting a lot. 

Arkaik is a band from California. This is their second full length album.

They play Technical Death Metal, reminds me of Decrepit Birth but not quite as much focus on melodies. They also remind me of Odious Mortem which is not surprising given that all of these bands are from California. I really like how the California tech death scene is evolving. Lots of original tech death coming from there.

The sound on this album is very good, it's clean but also very organic. I really liked this album, it displays great musicianship and since these guys are really trying to find an original sound this is at least a step in the right direction.

Get it on MediaFire

Deprecated - Deriding His Creation (1998)

Deprecated is a band from California. They formed in 1995, released one EP and are apparently still active. Now 15 years later they have new material prepared. I found this EP after I was accidentally lurking Metal Archives and I found this band which has Matt Sotelo (Decrepit Birth), A.J. Magana (Defeated Sanity, Disgorge) and Derek Boyer (Suffocation, ex-Decrepit Birth) and some other guy.

I was surprised at how well produced this EP was. I don't care very much for badly produced Brutal Death Metal. It's very thick Brutal Death with pummeling bass and raw power. A.J. Magana delivers the guttural vocals as always. It's actually a very good release in my opinion and I think you should definitely check out this EP.

Check it out on MediaFire

Son of Aurelius - The Farthest Reaches (2010)

I admit that I seem to have been defeated by the internet. I set out to find some info on this album and I could not find out if their name was Son of Aurelius or Sons of Aurelius or if their album is called The Farthest Reaches, Son of Aurelius or Myocardial Infection. I have now made a semi-educated guess and I hope it's close to the right thing.

Son of Aurelius is a band from Santa Cruz, California. They play Technical Progressive Death Metal. This is their first album (I think).

This album is really growing on me. They make me think of Arsis which was also a grower for me. It's tech death with melodic riffs. I guess it's Technical Swedish Metal.

I think this album is really good and this band could become very big. The musicianship is top-notch, especially the bass player who displays his Berklee skills throughout the album. The other guys also play very well. The guitarist is also a member of Animosity and a live member for Decrepit Birth. The album is really flawless in terms of playing. I think you should definitely give it a listen.

Check it out on MediaFire

Obscure bands from Czech Republic part II

!T.O.O.H.! - Rad a Trest
Now it's time for the second post about this weird deathgrind movement coming from Czech Republic and this time it's !T.O.O.H.!'s(which is the acronym for The Obliteration of Humanity) Rad a Trest (order and punishment).!T.O.O.H.! is probably the weirdest band I have heard of so far from Czech Republic.

The first thing I noticed while listening to this album for the first time was probably the vocals, not the Average Joe in death metal neither grindcore. The song writing on this album is great, lots of catchy moments and a fair amount of technicality.
They disbanded shortly after releasing this album, they released 4 LP's in their career, so making Rad a Trest a swansong.

Though two of the guy's went off forming another band called Duobetic Homunkulus, which has a bit of !T.O.O.H.! feeling to it and I will definitely do a review on those dudes!


Highly recommended.
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!O.B.F.C.R.! part I
obscure bands from Czech republic