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Because they rock.

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Metalhammer.de’s top 10 Death Metal Songs

1. Cannibal Corpse – ‘Hammer Smashed Face’ from Tomb Of The Mutilated
2. Arch Enemy – ‘We Will Rise’ (from Anthems Of Rebellion
3. Death – ‘Crystal Mountain’ from Symbolic
4. Amon Amarth – ‘Pursuit Of Vikings’ from Fate Of Norns
5. Vader – ‘Carnal’ from Black To The Blind 
6. Sepultura – ‘Arise’ from Arise 
7. Carcass – ‘Heartwork’ from Heartwork 
8. In Flames – ‘Only For The Weak’ from Clayman 
9. Kataklysm – ‘In Shadows And Dust’ from Shadows & Dust 
10. Behemoth – ‘Christians To The Lions’ from Thelema.6

And now for mine…and this wasn’t easy by any means.

Metal Martyr’s Top 10 (Favorite) Death Metal Songs

1. Death – Zero Tolerance from Symbolic. This is one of Death’s best records and was a great follow up to Individual Thought Patterns.
2. Carcass – Carneous Cacofinny from Necrotism: Descanting The Insalubrious. Sadly most people only know of the album Heartwork, which is a great album but so is Necrotism’ and Swan Song.
3. Morbid Angel – God Of Emptiness from Covenant. I’ve always loved David Vincent’s voice. While this song is not “brutally fast”, it’s a slow, heavy and evil sounding song that would probably give small children nightmares if played before bedtime.
4. Entombed – Hollowman from the Hollowman Ep and Wolverine Blues
5. Grave - …And Here I Die Satisfied from the Ep of the same name.
6. Malevolent Creation – Self Important Freak from Joe Black.
7. Cannibal Corpse – Stripped Raped & Strangled from The Bleeding. Typical Cannibal Corpse lyrics, but the guitar is what got me hooked.
8. Suffocation – Breeding The Spawn from Pierced From Within.
9. Bloodbath – Death Delirium from Resurrection Trough Carnage.
10. Obituary – The End Complete from The End Complete.

I could probably keep on going with this list all day. How can you narrow a list like this down to 10? It really had me looking back in to my collection and remembering a lot of great death metal songs, especially ones that never got enough credit or play. So what would you top ten look like?

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Suffocation – Abomination Reborn

1349 – Sculptor Of Flesh

Aborted – The Chondrin Enigma

Rotten Sound – Targets (Download the mps at the bottom)

Download Some Free And Legal Mp3’s from Relapse Records and Century Media (Right click and save as)

• Rotten Sound- Targets

• Suffocation – Synthetically Revived

• Suffocation – Blind Torture Kill

• Aborted – Pestifurous Subterfuge

• Aborted – I35

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You can check out 2 excerpts from the book Here and Here in PDF format

It even has a soundtrack with a bunch of bands from the genre.

Go to Choosingdeath.com to find out more or you can order the book from Amazon.com or the CD from Relapse Records.

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In Memory Of Celtic Frost has some of the best songs by Celtic Frost covered by some of the greatest Metal, Black Metal and Death Metal bands. Bands such as Mayhem, Emporer, Grave, Opeth and Slaughter, just to name a few. If you’ve ever been a fan of Celtic Frost or Black/Death Metal, then give In Memory Of Celtic Frost a listen. It’s a great tribute album. My favorite track is Enslaved’s cover of Procreation Of The Wicked and I was stoked to hear Sepultura cover it on the Blood Rooted album in 1997. Track list after the fold.

1. Morgion – Innocence And Wrath / The Usuper
2. Enslaved – Procreation Of The Wicked
3. Slaughter – Dethroned Emporer
4. Mayhem – Visual Aggression
5. Inner Thought – Morbid Tales
6. Sadistic Intent – Return To The Eve
7. Cianide – Dawn Of Maggido
8. Divine Eve – Visions Of Mortality
9. Grave – Mesmerized
10. Apollyon’s Sun – Babylon Fell
11. Opeth – Circle Of The Tyrants
12. Closedown – Danse Macabre
13. Emporer – Massacra
14. 13 – Triumph Of Death

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On to the acts. The first band to play was Something For Nothing. A cool sounding band that you would swear has a metal-core sound to them, but when you listen to their CD it almost sounds more screamo. Either way, they played well and sounded good. They also tried to put on a good show when they played which I thought looked a little over-enthusiastic for the circumstances…but hell, rock on!

Soon after The Ruin set up their equipment, minus a Bass player on the flat-bed stage. Two half stacks, an un-mic’d drum set that had seen better days and a microphone through a P.A. that was on the floor. Not a fancy set up by any means but it worked. The Ruin played hard throughout and I think movement would have been a little more likely if there was more room on the stage. At first the P.A. was a bit loud and vocals were actually drowning out the guitars a bit. The main problem with a set up like this is that you have to have everything mixing well, if vocals are too loud then you don’t hear the guitars, if you turn up the guitars you won’t hear the drums. So when you’re playing raw like this you have to have everything at just the right levels otherwise it sounds like shit. However they sounded good. The set lasting about 30 minutes or so seemed to go quick but it probably felt like a lot longer for The Ruin with the heat inside the barn. Hopefully when they finish getting their demos mastered and press rolling they can start playing bigger venues and maybe get on their way.

Check out their Myspace page. They have a few tracks up you can download. If you like The Red Chord, The Black Dahlia Murder, Kataklysm, then chances are you’ll dig The Ruin. Keep an eye out on their myspace for updates.

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With all the “extreme Metal” bands out there today it’s tough to do reviews. Some are so far out there that  when you first hear them you immediately want to push eject and some have that factor that grabs on to you instantly with something different. This is one of those bands. Neuraxis have a sound that sets them apart from other metal bands with technicality in playing that doesn’t over do it. You know, those modern metal bands that can seem to have so much going on that it can actually distract you from the music and makes you lose interest?

Neuraxis’ Thin Line Between has a technical beauty to it. The leads that are catchy enough to mix well with simple rhythm. Vocals that aren’t over-done, yet keep the brutality factor at all times. Drums with great rhythm that don’t overpower and take anything away from the rest of the music. The double bass kicks and kicks hard but doesn’t become boring and redundant like a lot of metal blast beats have become these days. There are a few acoustic arrangements here and there that become an essential part of the music that builds up into a fury of crunchy, ripping rhythm. Confused yet? Don’t be. It all comes together in a masterpiece that Neuraxis and Prosthetic Records can be proud of for years to come.

Darkness Prevails starts things off great with a thundering drum beat to move into a slicing rhythm of technical guitars riffs. Have I said technical enough yet? Wicked creeps in with acoustic guitar that turns into a nice slow distorted groove and then rips into a cutting edge beat down. The lyrics read through the song like such: “Then the machine walked / And the children cried? Over old warm stone / Shattered and half buried / Their bodies lay broke /covered with dust aside the road“. The title track, The Thin Line Between leaves no time to rest and is an all out assault, tearing a new boundary. As one line says, this song is “Genius and Maniacal”. Standing Despite gives your neck a slight rest between Dreaming End and Oracle with a cool but short instrumental that has a soothing effect…that is until Oracle kicks in and the gloves are off again. The last song, All and nothing has another acoustic arrangement at the beginning that has you thinking that your poor banging head is getting another rest. It is…but it’s a short intermission before getting back to the ass kicking with guest vocals from Chris Alsop from Torn Within.

Alex Leblanc’s vocals are not really different from some other extreme metal vocalists out there but they are consistently brutal (I know, that word is over-used in metal these days…but until we find a better word we’re going to keep using it) and sounds great. Rob Milley and William Segher work well together and both know how to rip the solos through and through. Yan Thiel has to be a skilled athlete on the Bass Guitar in order to keep up with William and Rob. lastly Tommy McKinnon’s drumming is amazing to say the least. Lyrically this album is nothing short of brilliant. This record is well produced and well taken.

The Thin Line Between Gets 4 for 4 

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Neuraxis Info

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Neuraxis Official Webpage

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Based in Houston’s northside these guys are no strangers to the Texas metal scene.Their sound is deeply rooted in the early days of metal but can also hold its own with todays sounds.The band has recently recorded a new demo to be released and is looking to book extensively.

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