Suffocation
Pinnacle Of Bedlam
You want brutality? You got it. Suffocation's seventh full length album hits hard and fast like repeated hammer blows to the head. Pinnacle Of Bedlam totals just under 40 minuets long, and there is not a single second during that time for you to catch your breath. Just listen to the monolithic opening track "Cycles Of Suffering", and attempt to headband in time with the riffs.
Tracks like "As Grace Descends" are pure Death Metal gems. The Death-Metal tradition of just having an album of tracks bleeding from one to the next, with very little or no variation in style for the duration of the album, definitely does not apply here. As you progress through the album, you are exposed to so many different styles and twist in sound. Such as the brief melodic intro on "Sullen Days" and the skull pounding thunderous riffs towards the end of "Rapture Of Revocation".
Luckily though, the variation on this album doesn't go beyond the borders of safety. In other words, you wont discover any power ballads or rap on Pinnacle Of Bedlam, which is rather fortunate. What you will find though is Death and Thrash-Metal riffs, Merciless machine-gun drumming and of course the signature growling vocals.
As a whole, Pinnacle Of Bedlam is a superb Death-Metal album. Even if your not already a fan of the band, this is a fantastic platform to begin from. But for any Metal-head, this album belongs in your collection.
Tracks like "As Grace Descends" are pure Death Metal gems. The Death-Metal tradition of just having an album of tracks bleeding from one to the next, with very little or no variation in style for the duration of the album, definitely does not apply here. As you progress through the album, you are exposed to so many different styles and twist in sound. Such as the brief melodic intro on "Sullen Days" and the skull pounding thunderous riffs towards the end of "Rapture Of Revocation".
Luckily though, the variation on this album doesn't go beyond the borders of safety. In other words, you wont discover any power ballads or rap on Pinnacle Of Bedlam, which is rather fortunate. What you will find though is Death and Thrash-Metal riffs, Merciless machine-gun drumming and of course the signature growling vocals.
As a whole, Pinnacle Of Bedlam is a superb Death-Metal album. Even if your not already a fan of the band, this is a fantastic platform to begin from. But for any Metal-head, this album belongs in your collection.
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