A highly anticipated release from Solid State, that's what you can say about The Hammering Process. With the release of Reborn, Living Sacrifice's previous album, the band gained lots of new enthusiastic fans and inspired many hard bands worldwide. The Hammering Process features a new line-up as the Truby brothers left the band. They are replaced by three guys. Two of them were part of Eso-Charis. This renewed formation presents ten songs on the new release. The music is filled with heavy metallic grooves, hoarse screams and laboriously plodding guitars. Speed is scarce here. The production of Barry Poynter makes me remind of his work for other bands. Engineering-wise he did an excellent job. The focus is on heavy rhythms but there's space for melody now and then too, like in Altered Life with its clean singing. Striking is the use of percussion (Bloodwork). One of the great songs is Burn The End with huge guitars and even an acoustic intermezzo that has an acoustic guitar solo. This is powerful music though a bit more speed here and there would please my taste more. Nevertheless, this is a first class album. You'll hear an oiled machinery hard at work. Let the process start!
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Bandoppler 2000Reviewed by Chad OlsonThe wait is finally over. The new Living Sacrifice album has arrived. Three years in the making, Bruce Fitzhugh and company have created a metal onslaught sure to become a masterpiece in the collections of metalcore fans. With new lead guitarist Rocky Gray, new bassist Arthur Green, and the addition of percussionist Matthew Putman (the latter 2 formerly of Eso Charis), Fitzhugh and drummer Lance…Similar sounding releases
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