Wednesday, August 5, 2020
review: Faceless Burial -- classic-style death metal from Australia
Faceless Burial
Speciation
Dark Descent Records/Me Saco Un Ojo Records
7 August 2020
The lively quality of the sound catches the listener’s attention right away. For instance, the drums come alive, and it makes the album stand out. Curious about the drum sound, this publication asked the band about what they did to get the drum sound. Did they use sampled drumming, as is common in extreme metal? They simply responded: "No samples used. Recorded live to tape and mixed by an analog wizard 🧙♂ Pete deBoer at World Famous Studios." There you have it. That’s the secret. What a difference it makes when you hear drumming as an art done this way. This album does not need lots of time before it dawns on the listener, “Oh, so that’s what a human drummer is supposed to sound like!” From there, things get better. In short, for any extreme metal fans searching for drumming that stands out, check into Faceless Burial.
In addition to the pleasant surprise of hearing a death metal album that does not have the soft, weak and flaccid programmed/replaced drumming, the songs hit right away. The growling, the guitar riffs, and the rhythm section work well towards making the songs intelligible and headbanging. It’s very approachable, song-oriented death. It has blasting but it’s not monotonous. Grooves, headbanging and midtempo speeds are also important here. In that sense, fans of classic-style death should enjoy these songs and the entire album itself as a work of good quality.
Speciation by Faceless Burial
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