Sábado 26 Feb 2011, 1:22

Edit: I take it back, shitsux. Oh well, read on anyway.

A thread on /mu/ actually inspired me to give Mental Funeral another whirl. I used to listen to this a lot as a teen, then I shelved it and forgot about it. It really is a good album, in a very unique and "indie" style for death metal. The songs are different from each other and unconventional without being wanky or "technical". It's quite melodic, actually; probably the biggest draw of it is that it creates the sewerish, eerie atmosphere that it does through actual melody and music, and not through sounding like shit. It doesn't sound like the typical chunky spastic explosion death metal with clickfest drumming. I would describe it as Deerhoof going death metal. A lot of the more exotic leads on it give it a sound similar to Death's song "Zombie Ritual". I'd recommend it to anyone who doesn't know anything about death metal and feels adventurous. Unfortunately, like Dissection, I also think there's none better in its league, or even bands that sound alike. The bigger Swedish death metal bands all overdo it and sound more conventional. Maybe there's some obscure Autopsy clone I forgot about?