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    Vindication

    Exhume The Grave

    (1994)

    Reviewed by Jeff Lott

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    Label independentHeaven's Metal #50November/December 1994
    death metalspeed metalthrash metal

    I haven't heard a release sound this good in a long time. For starters, the production is incredible, pretty close to album quality. Secondly, it sounds as if these three guys practiced the four songs here non-stop, because they sound really tight.

    "Out In The Cold" starts things off with a gothic appeal. Other songs, like "The Sin Factor" and the title cut, "Exhume The Grave," show off the talents of this hot band. Even the cover artwork is sharp. Fans of thrash and the Deliverance "chugga-chugga" sound shouldn't have any problems drooling all over this tape.

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