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Coffins: The Fleshland

COFFINS: THE FLESHLAND

   Spoiler alert. If you're looking for chart topping dance anthems or songs about kittens, The Fleshland is probably not the album for you. If on the other hand you're in search of putrid distorted riffs and Bowel prolapsing Satanic growls, then step right this way. 
   The Fleshland is the fourth full-length release from Japanese Death-Metal maniacs, Coffins. The reality is that the dirty riffs and screaming vocals combination has been done millions of times before, but credit where credits due, Coffins have baked something quite spectacular with just those basic ingredients. The sound achieved on The Fleshland will certainly appeal to most fans of Death and Grind Metal, especially fans of bands such as Autopsy and Symphonies Of Sickness era Carcass. 
   The Fleshland opens with the squelching, mushing intro of "Here Comes Perdition", before surging into a swamp of thick, gelatinous riffs half way through the opener. Next up is the slam in the face that is "Hellbringer", loaded with faster Grind orientated riffs. "The Vacant Pale Vessel" however, is far more Doom related in both sound and feel. The pace picks up once more for "Rotten Disciples", which actually boasts some of the most impressive growls of the entire album. The brutality only seems to increase on the following track "Dishuman", where the greatest chugging riffs of The Fleshland reside. The album closer "Tormentopia", is in fact a rather strong candidate for the grooviest Death Metal track of the year, as well as being a fairly well rounded slab of the savage stuff.
   Its unlikely that The Fleshland will be subject to much scrutiny. Coffins are a heavy band who make even heavier music. The way that this band is evolving, at the end of their career The Fleshland wont be Coffins greatest success. Until they drop their magnum opus, albums as good as this will definitely suffice.



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