out now: Iron Flesh -- legacy-style death metal from France

A quick summary of Iron Flesh says, "Iron Flesh is a one man band born in early 2017. After the recording of Worship the Necrogod [2017] Julien Helwin the founding member has decided to start playing live shows to unleash some old school death metal!" Earlier in 2020 there was a live album. Apparently, that's not enough for Iron Flesh. On November 27, 2020 there was a new studio album called Summoning the Putrid. The drumming is probably programmed, from the information above, and from the sounds of it. Here are two things about the album. Classic Swedish death metal is a big part of the equation and the freaky fans of the old will like the guitar sound and the general vibe. The other thing is a bit of a surprise. The brutality is part of this sound, but once you go deeper into the songs the use of melody seems a lot more prevalent that people may suspect. For example, the song "Death and the Reaper's Scythe" is something like a death metal ballad or a doomy death metal song, if you will. Either way, the melodies are central to this song. The same thing can be said for "Convicted Faith," the last song. Thus, what began as good old zombie death metal hullabaloo ends up showing a lot more talent at writing melodies that you would expect from a cave-dwelling ghoul obsessed with death metal. Who knew that ghouls have such strong feelings for melancholic tendencies in their death metal.

Summoning the Putrid by IronFlesh

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