Name: The World Is Dead
Artist: Blockheads
Label: Relapse
Released: 22nd January
French grind-core act BLOCKHEADS return with a ferocious, political,
and violent LP.
Songs are short in true grind-core fashion; with none of them clocking in at over 3 minutes, with the exception of the final track, an unusually placed slow tempo 7 min doom song.
Songs are short in true grind-core fashion; with none of them clocking in at over 3 minutes, with the exception of the final track, an unusually placed slow tempo 7 min doom song.
BLOCKHEADS have supported NAPALM DEATH in the past (as well
as ENTOMBED, CARCASS, OBITUARY, & more), and the NAPALM influence shines
through. The sound leans toward death metal more than hardcore, with relentless
blast-beating included, if the vocals were set at a lower pitch and the
production more polished, this could pass off as American death metal at times.
Stand out tracks include ‘Awaken’ , ‘Deindividualized’ and
title track ‘ The world is dead’. Some tracks take a more interesting turn and
have a epic an majestic atmosphere mixed with an unrelenting hardcore assault, such
as ‘Be a thorn to power’, blackened crust track, ‘To the dogs’, and
‘Pro-lifers’ (for which a video is available online below). Aforementioned
album finisher; ‘Trail of dead’ is a crushing 7 minute epic, a great way to
finish off the LP.
The production on the album is original, and certainly not
mainstream, it has a great atmosphere, but some of the tracks could have been
dropped without the album loosing its integrity, it could even have been split
into two releases.
69/100
Lyric Video to 'Pro-Lifers' Available Here:
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