But enough history, Soulskinner is the topic of the hour!
Fleshcrawl uses one of my favorite types of guitar distortion, which is
probably the loudest and crunchiest guitar distortion out there in the death
metal world. This guitar distortion is also used by Swedish death metal masters
Dismember and Demonical. Along with the music already being fucking intense,
the guitar distortion infinitely intensifies the music. The guitarists
themselves are very solid and have just the right amount of skill and
creativity for the traditional death metal genre. In fact, they play death
metal SO well that I can’t really imagine them doing anything else. The bassist
is right on the dot with everything that he plays and writes. He mainly follows
the basic root-note of the chords that the guitarists are playing (although he’s
the only one playing them sometimes).
The drummer and the vocalist are the best musicians on this
album. The drummer is virtually flawless. He doesn’t do anything amazing or
outstanding, but he’s fucking flawless. His kick drumming is NEVER out of time,
the way that he plays is filled with power, brutality, and obvious skill and
practice. If I had to put my money on which member I thought worked the
hardest, it’d be the drummer without a doubt. The vocalist’s growls are fucking
outstanding. When it comes to traditional death metal (with the exception of
bands like Obituary, Death, and Divine Heresy), I like to hear deep and powerful
exhaled growls that send chills down my back. The vocalist on Soulskinner
passes that test with flying colors and proves to be a near-perfect example of
what a death metal growl SHOULD sound like. On top of that, his screams are
crisp and have a unique edge that reminds me slightly (and I mean SLIGHTLY) of
Kataklysm’s screams.
Other than that, everything about this album is exactly what
you would expect from a good traditional death metal album. The song structure,
tempo changes, and overall sound burst with the classic death metal sound we’ve
all loved since its formation in the mid-1980s. For those of you that are
looking for a good, classic, and pure death metal release, Soulskinner should
be on your “to-get” list. I would give Fleshcrawl’s Soulskinner 16/20 for being
a VERY solid death metal record and to be my first Fleshcrawl recommendation.
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