{"id":103176,"date":"2024-05-18T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T23:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=103176"},"modified":"2024-05-20T15:48:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T14:48:59","slug":"album-review-rotten-tomb-the-relief-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-rotten-tomb-the-relief-of-death\/","title":{"rendered":"ROTTEN TOMB – The Relief Of Death (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROTTEN TOMB
The Relief Of Death<\/strong><\/span>
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\nDeath Division Rituals (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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As with a majority of Chilean extreme metal bands, Rotten Tomb strips flesh with sophomore full-length effort, The Relief Of Death<\/em>. The band have become somewhat stalwarts of the South American scene having been around since 2016, although it was only two years ago that their debut album emerged under the title Visions Of A Dismal Fate<\/em>.<\/p>\n

With The Relief Of Death<\/em> Rotten Tomb continues its wave of ungodly death metal. The production on this is very crisp, although maybe I was expecting something murkier, but the instruments, particularly the bass, does benefit from the clear mix. Even so, this is still some seriously heavy death metal that is filtered through the bowels of the underworld led by the grisly voice of guitarist Deathbringer (Atomicide) who boasts a deep, bellowing style. His vocals really come to the fore on the slower, menacing passages such as on the monstrous \u2018Oblivion\u2019 where the guitars drip with fetid atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Obviously the pace varies throughout as the band ups its gears into a colder climate which prompts the rats to scurry off into numerous directions. \u2018In The Last Hours\u2019 is my choice cut because it successfully showcases what I mean about how Rotten Tomb shifts from evil, doomy meandering to primitive pace. Although I admire the faster stuff on offer I\u2019m such a sucker for those steadier, grinding examples of misery; \u2018Let The Death Takes Us\u2019 is that mid-tempo morbidity built upon from the percussive foundation of session drummer Skullfukk (Invincible Force \/ Ancient Crypts).<\/p>\n

Just imagine such brutality with a coating of productive slime and this album would have been far better, but that\u2019s not to say it isn\u2019t a macabre opus. \u2018Psychopathic World\u2019 features some great swirling leads of doom and \u2018Rumble For The Cult Of Death\u2019 is so steady in its sombre meandering. The cruel vapours of humidity join with cold, eerie blasts throughout to result in a sorrowful mingling of Incantation and early Paradise Lost.<\/p>\n

All light is extinguished and the walls close in within this Rotten Tomb; the soundtrack to your slow, impending death being your last hoarse gasps, the fading of your heartbeat and nine despairing tracks of horror.<\/p>\n

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

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