{"id":102472,"date":"2024-02-23T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T00:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=102472"},"modified":"2024-02-27T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:57:13","slug":"album-review-morta-skuld-creation-undone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-morta-skuld-creation-undone\/","title":{"rendered":"MORTA SKULD – Creation Undone (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MORTA SKULD
Creation Undone<\/strong><\/span>
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\nPeaceville (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Since 1990 Wisconsin, Milwaukee-based death metallers Morta Skuld has entertained but never moved out of the genres second division. Even with those early demos and 1993\u2019s debut album Dying Remains<\/em>, the guys never quite hit my sweet spot. Even so, I\u2019ve remained loyal to the band and believe that some of their more recent works such as Suffer For Nothing<\/em> (2020), were really strong.<\/p>\n

Creation Undone<\/em> is Morta Skuld\u2019s seventh full-length release and is another damaging assault where the riffs pummel, drums pulverise and the bass cracks bones. As expected, it\u2019s a record that maintains a level headed old school approach. There\u2019s no real diversity from the barrage, but then why would there be? Tracks such as \u2018Soul Piercing Sorrow\u2019, opener \u2018We Rise We Fall\u2019 and personal favourite \u2018By Design\u2019 all judder and quake, bolstered by drummer Eric House who tears through the stomping \u2018Painful Conflict\u2019 and the bruising \u2018Perfect Prey\u2019.<\/p>\n

I still don\u2019t see Morta Skuld climbing the death metal ladder and I don\u2019t think they want to, as they are more than happy to sit comfortably in a realm not far removed from Vomitory and Malevolent Creation. Guitarist Dave Gregor\u2019s roars remain potent as do his riffs alongside fellow axe man Scott Willecke, but it\u2019s not death metal I\u2019ll play regularly or with any sort of excitement, although my respect for the guys never wanes.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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