Inked in Blood

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艺人: Obituary
语种: 英语
厂牌: Relapse Records
发行时间: 2014年10月28日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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Florida death metal veterans OBITUARY will release their ninth studio album, "Inked In Blood", on October 28 via the band's new partnership with Relapse Records. The CD in over five years was recorded by the band this past April at its own RedNeck Studio in Gibsonton, Florida.

Following five years since their last album, "Darkest Day", death metal legends OBITUARY hit the Kickstarter campaign trail to fund their ninth outing, "Inked in Blood". Partnering up with Relapse Records, OBITUARY slings out "Inked in Blood" with current guitarist Kenny Edwards and bassist Terry Butler, both making their first appearances on an OBITUARY slab.

As it seems to be a pattern this year in metal, "Inked in Blood" is dealt mostly on the slower side — if CROWBAR and AUTOPSY's latest offerings aren't indicative enough of this trend. OBITUARY has of late been experimenting with their sound on "Xecutioner's Return" and "Darkest Day". So it's no surprise then "Inked in Blood" resumes this inclination with relative unpredictability, which serves the album's cause. Speed is incremental on this album; heaviness is assured.

Off the bat, "Centuries of Lies" slams a speedy scorcher at mostly the same trad thrash tempo, decelerating only slightly in-between verses. Afterwards, "Violent by Nature" immediately throws a curve with a mincing mosher that's kept on the looser side by Donald Tardy's clattery rhythms and John Tardy's drawling woofs. The riffs from Trevor Peres, Terry Butler and Kenny Edwards are responsive to the hashing tempos, which push and retreat accordingly. A sizzling solo ushers the track to its pounding close before OBITUARY hoists the manacles and pours on the static with the harsh gradualness of "Pain Inside".

Already to this point, "Inked in Blood" sounds stripped and chewy, which is more an asset than detriment. The stitching grooves and chunky riffs of "Visions in My Head" are just as raw, yet well effective without pulling away beyond a mid-tempo march. As with the preceding two tracks, OBITUARY tools with slower passages on "Visions in My Head" to the point the guitar solo is dragged kicking and screaming until the final stamping bars.

It gets no faster with "Back On Top", but it does get heavier and louder as John Tardy screams all over the skulking cut. The hollow echoes of Donald Tardy's tom clubbing here and all over the album sounds like the old days of underground heavy metal, while the droning doom chords seeping throughout "Back On Top" are just bloody heavy. Smartly timed, the splatter-loving "Violence" afterwards peels off a much-needed thrasher.

The title track and "Deny You" once again opt for the slower-is-nastier motif and the gruffer John Tardy gets (considering his vocals are in the somewhat higher range), the rougher the riffs get in accordance. These songs ride on the power of their repetitive chords, supplementing them with random double-time patterns, filtered distortion and slicing solos.

"Within a Dying Breed" at least works itself to a frenzy after three dragging minutes, and then OBITUARY kicks things up notches, NUCLEAR ASSAULT style, on "Minds of the World". After that, "Out of Blood" trounces through a brutal hardcore stomp and then on "Paralyzed With Fear", OBITUARY serves a double-kicked, teeth-knocking mash between punk and metal for the first part. As the album's meatiest cut (meaty in particular from John Tardy's spit-laden snarling), even the second half slowdown of "Paralyzed With Fear" is the sound of severity.

Occasionally choppy, all over the place, but never boring, "Inked in Blood" is a winner in the fact it makes every grubby and gory minute count. OBITUARY's financial backers will consider this album a high dividend.

The album recording was funded by an extremely successful Kickstarter campaign in late 2013. Now the band has partnered with Relapse worldwide to maximize the release and impact of what is surely their heaviest and most cohesive record in 20 years.

Commented OBITUARY on the new material: "We don't know how to explain it but we really hit the 'metal nail' on the head with this album.

"We have been writing and working on the new material for nearly three years now and we could not be more excited how these songs have all turned out.

"All the stars seem to have aligned for us and this release, with the songs, production and overall feel of this record, the band is more solid than ever."

The group elaborated on the decision to create the Kickstarter campaign and sign with Relapse.

"We always knew that our fans were some of the most devoted fans on the planet and they proved it by stepping up, being a part of something new and supporting us with our Kickstarter campaign," says the band. "This was an amazing display of true fan support and we could not be more proud of everyone who helped raise the money to record this album by pre-ordering it, buying all the cool stuff we offered and just being a part of something that we believe will be the way of the future. Now we have teamed up with Relapse Records to have them get this new album out there, in stores and available to the fans worldwide.

"We are very excited about our partnership with Relapse and are looking forward to working beside them with the release. They are a great label and super-cool people who have shown us that they are excited to have OBITUARY on their roster and are ready to push this album to its fullest potential."

OBITUARY is:

John Tardy - Vocals

Trevor Peres - Guitar

Donald Tardy - Drums

Terry Butler - Bass

Kenny Andrews - Guitar

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