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Vomitor: The Devil's Poison Death Metal, Thrash Hell's Headbangers, Master's Throne March 23rd, 2010
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Review
It has been about eight years since the last studio full-length release by the Death and Thrash act Vomitor, with only a live album to break up the silence back in 2009. That said album was also the band's first and only full-length effort, with a small EP prior, and a split release put out in 2004. Devil's Poison marks the band's much anticipated return, but is it really all that it is cracked up to be after eight long years? Devil's Poison is actually somewhat of a let down right from the start, sadly. "Crimson Tide" may be enough to turn off any listener unless that individual happens to be a devout fan. The track basically just chugs along the same way and pace from start to finish, and it sounds like there are just multiple guitar solos through the album that really don't do much to the song at all. The vocals are also so low in the mix you cannot understand a single word, and chances are good you never would have picked up on them. Sadly, it's not just this track with the vocals, as they are very low throughout the remainder of the album, and only on certain tracks, such as the title track "Devil's Poison", does there seem to be more effort in the vocals that cause them to become audible. The good news about this release is that the music gets better. While "Crimson Tide" is absolutely horrible, the rest of the material presented sounds pretty good for the most part, but isn't the most impressive. It seems to build as the release goes along, not really taking hold until the track "Caligula". It's at this point that the music starts to really get heavy and not sound like rehashed material from other bands of a similar style. Even though "Devil's Poison" through "Beast of Sodom" really do pick the album up, much of the blame of the album's fault cannot be pinned on the band themselves. The very low production quality utilized on this release is mostly to blame. Not only does much of the album sound hollow, it sounds too low, especially in the vocals, and will give you a headache after a while if you really try to concentrate on it. Vomitor's return could have been a rather triumphant one, but instead suffers from severe mediocrity. It's clear that the low quality production job is to blame, as it leads the album to practically be unenjoyable. This is sad since some of the tracks that are enjoyable on here show great promise for the band. This is one release you're going to want to sample before buying.
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