WHOA! Old School Death Metal at its finest and scariest! To pick two adjectives to describe this music is impossible, but the first two of a large list would be; Brutal and Scary. If you bought the Massive Frequency Overload CD and enjoyed Corpse's in "Dead To The World" then imagine that same song, only faster, heavier, and deeper. I spoke with Jay Mattingly recently and he said they tuned down the guitars and Eric removed all the effects from his vocals and it really shows! There is a much more true to sound Death Metal effort in these 13 songs. Yes that's right an unlucky 13 songs to round out the Death feel.
This album is pure Death, you can see that before you even remove the plastic. The cover art is very dark and gloomy featuring several pictures of a grave yard. Then when you first hear the growls being emitted from the first song of this disc you know it's all brutality from here on out. Vocally Eric is very reminiscent to Metanoia and this is a very good thing. If a death growl could reach perfection it would sound something like this.
The music, as I said above is turned way down, and speeded up at parts. There are times when the music is slower than say Frank's Enemy, but it's not doomy. It's still got a fast enough pace to keep the Death heads glued to it. Then come the blast beats that tear you apart, such as in the song "Black Death."
Jeff Hoskins is unrelenting on the drums all through this album. He goes through some very interesting rolls on many songs, and is just blazingly fast on others. Man! I'd love to see him perform live!
Other Staff Member Ratings
Ceeb: 8/10
Grindboy: 6/10
Fletch: 6.5/10
Much: 8/10
Other coverage for this album
The Phantom Tollbooth 1999Reviewed by Chris KingDeath Metal. That's what Corpse plays - straight-on death metal -- and they do a pretty good job of it, too! From the Grave contains 13 tracks of slow to mid-paced death metal, with some faster moments as well. The vocals are a good, quality death growl - not the ultra low-end guttural type (like Crimson Thorn), but not influenced by hardcore-style shouting either - just good solid death metal…The Phantom Tollbooth 1999Reviewed by Josh SpencerIt's not often that a band sounds exactly like their name. But that's what we've got with Corpse--down-tuned, gritty grindcore with a cadaver for a singer. I think he's still got some dirt stuck down in his throat. The album isn't nearly as bad as I expected, however; there are actually some nice sonics and mixing, and an overall sound similar to Mortification's Scrolls of the Megilloth. Most of…Similar sounding releases
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