SACRIFICIAL SLAUGHTER / ENFUNERATION
'American
Death Thrash'
(Horror
Pain Gore Death Productions)
I
love split albums now and then and this release from HPGD looks to be
an interesting one. First up is Sacrificial Slaughter and they
bludgeon you over the head right out of the gate. SS play
brutal death metal but with a real thrash underpinning. A reference
band that immediately jumped to mind is the great old deathrash band
Demolition Hammer. There are bands out there playing
deathtrash, but I would have heard very few these days playing it
this way. It is sort of a throw back to a time when thrash fans and
bands were getting adrenalized for this new thing called death metal
and you could hear the merging of the two distinct styles, sort of
like hey that thrash band plays some sickening death metal. That is
what you get from Sacrificial Slaughter and I like it.
Oklahoma’s Enfuneration on the other hand are a more
polished and modern sounding death metal band. They also hit you hard
in their own way with razor riffing and deep rolling growl vocals.
The drummer stands out as well on these tracks, a very controlled,
precise and commanding performance turned in on the kit by drummer
Rodney Cochran. All in all a great pairing and a must have type album
for brutal death fans. I lean a little more towards Sacrificial,
but both bands bring the goods, on five songs a piece and punish your
ears.
(Dale
Roy)
