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The Red Death: Godmakers Death Metal Ferret Records, Siege Of Amida Records January 22nd, 2008
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Review
The Red Death have returned with their second full length album, Godmakers. On this release, we see the band ditch their metalcore aspect, sticking primarily to a death metal sound that some will compare to an early melodic death metal sound combined with some of today's metal sounds. This album is not a bad one, but it will probably take a few listens for you to fully appreciate. The riffs on Godmakers are rather technical, some of the best being on the tracks "Sleep Of Reason" and "Regression", but the real shining point to the album has to be the insane, and very precise drumming. The album flows very well too, as some tracks just sound like they naturally continue, but you know they are new songs starting. "Sleep of Reason" seems to naturally bleed into "Regression", which flows into the instrumental track "Godmakers", which kicks off the start of "Static Divide". This doesn't mean, though, that every single song sounds the same. Each song has an individual sound to it that stands out against the others. There really is nothing to complain about with the release, aside the hidden track on "Passengers" which is just a voice mail of some guy appologizing to someone and praising the band and just slowly gets quieter until the caller hangs up. Aside that, everything is just amazing. The only thing about this release is that the title track, "Godmakers" really serves no purpose except to make noise between "Regression" and "Static Divide" and intertwine them. After the first few tracks, though, the songs become a little clearer as to the end, as they all have some silence between them, the instruments ring out, that sort of thing for the songs. "We Were Ghosts", however, is easily the best track off the album, especially for the little drum march moments during the chorus, which makes makes you want to break stuff...but in a good way. The only thing is that, while this CD is fast paced and heavy, there really isn't anything much on the lines of stand out. There's no real oomph or tracks that make you just stop what your doing and bow to your stereo. So, if their debut wasn't your thing because of the metalcore aspects, Godmakers will not fail you. While there are elements you can pick out in the band's music that are clearly inspired by other bands, such as the shouting vocals being somewhat reminiscent of Meshuggah, and the music sounding as though At The Gates were still alive and meshed with a hint of the "technical" aspect of Lamb Of God. Godmakers is one exceptionally heavy CD that you will have you moshing from the start, up to the intermission, and back up again until the end.
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