Sleepers in the Rift
2011 Pulverised Music
Although they're getting a lot of attention now, "Sleepers in the Rift" is probably the best album you didn't hear last year. Sweden's Morbus Chron are 100% old school death metal, but they don't play it completely straight like most other bands do. They definitely have their own vibe going on. The songs here are hardly "orthodox" or "traditional." If anything, I'd point to Afflicted's classic "Prodigal Sun" for a comparison, and the more I listen to this album, the more valid that comparison gets. Without a doubt, this is one of the more creative sounding new breed of death metal bands with their feet planted firmly in the old school. This is really what it's supposed to be about: taking your influences and using them to create something that hasn't been done or heard before. A lot of bands, even good ones, completely miss or flat out ignore this idea and are seemingly content to just be a knock-off of a band that has gone before. Not Morbus Chron. Already looking forward to hearing how they'll top this debut.
This is the Autopsy album that Autopsy wouldhave/shouldhave done after Mental Funeral
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