Mind Snare - From Blood to Dust (2005)

   Similar to many active death metal bands of the early '00s, Mind Snare also existed since the early '90s, it just took a long time (and some name- and line-up changes) until they were able to release a full-lenght debut.
   But while it might be reasonable to expect the usual old school style of death metal, like in the case of any other bands in similar situation, Mind Snare was a bit different. Their brutal death slashing reminded more to Incantation than to the ordinary trends a decade earlier, and sounded like they kept an eye on the changes that happenned in the main scene meanwhile. The old school basics are still there, but they could be found only occasionally. Mind Snare isn't so chaotic and hard to go into like Incantation. Their music is definitely audience-friendlier, but the direction is the same: deep growls, intense speed, and heavy brutality. To this came the clear sound and themes, song structures that are more common to find at modern death metal bands. By the lyrics they've also stepped forward from the ordinary style of old school death, but only at the ways of formulation, because the concept is not different. "From Blood to Dust" (that was the third full-lenght album of Mind Snare) also includes the songs of their debut EP "Hegemony", that extends the album lenght almost to an hour long, to increase the enjoyability for both old school and brutal death fans.