The Pitch: The energetic debut album from Swedish old school death metallers, Gravestone. FFO: Earth Rot, Evocation, Gruesome
What I Like: Sometimes you just need to turn off your brain and do some damage to your vertebrae. Sickening is just the album for such an occasion. Sporting some seriously crusty D-beat, buzzing HM-2 distortion, and grimy old school snarls; Gravestone are not to be trifled with. The band mixes punk and melodeath riffs in a delightful union sure to bring any late night mausoleum concert crumbling to the ground. I can't help but picture a group of heavily decayed zombies simply tearing it up on some moonlit graveyard stage.
Critiques: Sickening doesn't do anything original. It's something you've heard many times before, but if you enjoy the style as much as I do, you'll appreciate it for what it is: a damn good time.
The Verdict: Gravestone may not bring anything new to the table, but don't let that take away from your sheer enjoyment. What the band lacks in originalist, they make up for in charisma and unbridled rebellion. Sickening is out today.
Flight's Fav's: Tombthrasher, Behead The Bastard, Necromaniac
-Review by FlightOfIcarus
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