Saturday, October 27, 2018

Deeds of Flesh - Mark of the Legion (2001)

   Deeds of Flesh was one of the first bands who followed the technical brutal death metal style of Suffocation. Their influence resulted the appearence of tons of technical/brutal death bands lately.
   Deeds of Flesh was also one of the best of these freshly inspired bands. It might be difficult to select any specific album from their discography, because they were also famous about to keep producing high quality records. Extreme speed and intensity are their returning main features. The common sudden theme changes doesn't seem causeless, because the constant intense hammering functions like a frame that pulls everything together. So even if the main view seems chaotic, it's exactly the opposite: it's a well composed musical structure that demands high accuracy and discipline to keep. This makes their style quite diverse and unified the same time. The fact that it's all about to illustrate the most exaggerated depths of darkness and insanity is another thing. Very deep growls telling apocalyptic tales about massacre and torment with the assistance of animalistic screams. Like almost all Deeds of Flesh albums, the "Mark of the Legion" is also a technical/brutal death masterpiece.

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