Jungle Rot
Kill On Command ()
Wydane przez Victory RecordsRok wydania Kraj USANapisał Wouter7
Wisconsin death troop Jungle Rot is one of those bands that will simply never give in, no matter what hurdles are thrown at them. Since their formation in 1994 they have steadily and stubbornly survived multiple line-up revisions, label changes and refuse to back down with changing of tastes and the coming and going of trends. “Kill On Command” is the band’s sixth record and the first for once-hardcore specialist label Victory Records. Like any of the old school ambassadors of the death metal genre Jungle Rot are headstrong in their determination and their sound is traditional as it ever has been. This is chugging midpaced death metal with crushing grooves, the rare lead/solo and swampy riffs that remind in equal parts of (early) Deicide and Obituary. The drumming is primal, stylish and blastbeat-free, a fresh breath of air in today’s faster-than-thou climate. In all Jungle Rot have something of mid-period Sepultura (“Schizophrenia”, “Beneath the Remains”) in its conviction, honesty and breakneck pace with a dash of (early) Cannibal Corpse for good measure as far as heaviness and chunkiness is concerned. Mainstay David Matrise (vocals/guitars) and James Genenz (bass, ex-Fleshgrind) deliver equally in spades, with the former barking like a madman while providing fleshripping riffs and the latter providing the rather anonymous but functional back end heaviness. Matrise’s vocals are much throatier and discernable than a lot of his underground peers. The artwork, design and lay-out is simply superb (especially the cover art) and this is the most visually accomplished the band have looked since 2006’s “War Zone”. It seems the US death metal scene is slowly recovering after many years of stagnant releases and subpar bands. Jungle Rot proves that simplicity, tenacity and sincerity are much more powerful than all the technical wankery that plagues the scene since the dawn of the new millennium.
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