The Demon, The Angel, The Disease
2013 Chaos Records
Third album in, and Sweden's Blood Mortized haven't changed a damn thing with their sound. Not that I'm complaining, mind you. Their music is still in the same style that was prevalent in the Stockholm area in 1990, so much so that the band might as well have been frozen for the past twenty or so years and only recently revived. It's like they have no idea how metal has changed in the past two decades. Change is overrated anyway. People like to talk about progression, but deep down, they prefer things to remain familiar and stay the way they are. So it is with music. While there are those bands that are able to successfully make sweeping changes in their sound and be accepted and appreciated for it, there are also those who don't do any of that and are still successful. There's nothing wrong with finding a formula that works and sticking to it. Blood Mortized don't push the genre, but that's not their intent. Instead, their intent is to write music the way they know best, and give the people what they want: old school (the only school!) death metal with the same feelings and vibe that the music had at the beginning of it all. I'd have to say they've managed to do just that. But I'd expect nothing less from a band made of guys who were there to experience it in the first place.
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