If you take a look at the picture on the cover, you know it's time to die indeed for the old man painted. This is bizarre! I don't think Methushalem ever looked so bad! Judging by the cover you can expect deathmetal. That's true and more: There is blackmetal attached plus grindcore. The first song, Smashed, fits the grindcore category with fast drumming and screaming grunts and shrill noises. The grunt is a very deep, guttural grunt. The second song is even faster with the black metal vocal style. In the chorus you hear the deep grunting again plus clean singing in the back. Not all the songs are fast and you hear more clean singing and screaming in songs like Judge Me Not and Feeling The Fire. But all the songs are plain heavy, even Feeling The Fire, which will appeal to a wider audience due to the pop abilities this song has. Don't believe it until you've heard it. The sound of this album is similar to the sound of the latest Mortification album (though of course the style is much more brutal) which is the result, I believe, of recording it in the same studio: The Hammer Of God Studio. This I know though the inlay gives no information about that and who produced it. Time To Die is one of the better albums in extreme metal from Down Under in the last couple of years.
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HM Magazine #78Reviewed by Doug Van PeltIn short time, Metanoia has cranked out three albums of tight grindcore. Playing together and writing this much material together is definitely going to force you to gel as a unit. When these guys fire through their dual rhythm licks, you know someone's been practicing. And they're right in the pocket with the drummer and bassist. While the low, grindy vocals will scare some hard music hybridists…
