DAWN OF DISEASE — Crypts of the Unrotten (review)

DAWN OF DISEASE — Crypts of the Unrotten album cover Album · 2012 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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"Crypts of the Unrotten" is the second full-length studio album by German death metal act Dawn Of Disease. The album was released through NoiseArt Records in April 2012. It´s the successor to "Legends Of Brutality" from 2011 and features the exact same quintet lineup who recorded the predecessor.

Stylistically the music on "Crypts of the Unrotten" is early 90s influenced death metal, but this time around Dawn Of Disease have added a melodic death metal element to their sound. It´s not melodeath, but melodic death metal, and I hear more than one moment reminding me of an act like Dismember. I think it´s the way the band compose and play the leads. They have that morbid yet still melodic sound to them, that many of the early 90s Swedish death metal artists excelled in. The vocals are brutal but intelligible growling, and they are both well performed and delivered in a convincing manner. The band are generally well playing, but I´m not really a fan of the drumming style. It´s not providing the music with the organic touch it needs and the transitions between the different tempos in the music are not handled in the most suiting fashion.

"Crypts of the Unrotten" features a powerful, brutal, and well sounding production job, altough the drums could have prospered from a more organic tone. Upon conclusion "Crypts of the Unrotten" is a good quality death metal release and it´s certainly a step up in quality from the relatively weak debut album. You won´t hear much here you haven´t heard before but if you enjoy good quality death metal "Crypts of the Unrotten" isn´t the worst album to pick up. A 3 - 3.5 star (65%) rating is deserved.
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