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    Soul Embraced

    This Is My Blood

    (2001)

    Reviewed by Marco Povervest

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    Label Solid State RecordsArt for the Ears2002
    death metalmelodic death metalmetalcorethrash metal

    The follow up to the album Soul Embraced released through Clenched Fist Records (For The Incomplete) contains thirteen death metal tunes. Soul Embraced is the band with two Living Sacrifice members (Lance Garvin & Rocky Gray) and singer Chad Moore. While Living Sacrifice meshes hardcore with metal, Soul Embraced will please the metal fans with intense death metal. While the record isn't as aggressive as the previous one, you can hear excellently recorded metal. The first track, I Fade Away, makes me think of In Flames with the use of clearly discernable death growls as well as clean vocals. But the rest of the album has hardly any clean vocals. There's even more space for melody than on For The Incomplete but there's less space for fast parts. Only in the final song, Leech, speed becomes prevalent. This Is My Blood is another great piece from this band.

    Other coverage for this album

    Decapolis March 2002Reviewed by Nate BaileySoul Embraced sports members of Living Sacrifice. They have previously released a full length entitled, "For the Incomplete." This current release is with Solid State. This is a great album! From stem to stern, this is quality work. The music is metal all the way, but not the boring tedious, repetitious stuff you may be thinking. There are hooks and melodies galore. Very catchy stuff! Each song…The Phantom Tollbooth 2002Reviewed by Duncann TrippFor all you Living Sacrifice fans out there, looking for something to tide you over until they release a follow up to The Hammering Process, don't look to Soul Embraced for that replacement. Yeah, sure, Rocky and Lance make up 2/3 of this outfit, but they aren't repeating their work with Bruce and Company. This Is My Blood is much closer to a straight death metal feel. All the necessary elements…

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