{"id":103800,"date":"2024-08-30T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T23:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=103800"},"modified":"2024-08-30T23:46:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T22:46:47","slug":"album-review-deceased-children-of-the-morgue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-deceased-children-of-the-morgue\/","title":{"rendered":"DECEASED – Children Of The Morgue (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

DECEASED
Children Of The Morgue<\/strong><\/span>
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\nHells Headbangers (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Forty years after their formation, Virginian mob Deceased \u2013 still led by maniac Kingsley \u201cKing\u201d Fowley \u2013 unveils its 11th full-length studio offering and it\u2019s arguably one of the band\u2019s finest moments.<\/p>\n

Complete with unusual cover art courtesy of Desmond Root Ambrose, this album rewards you with 55-minutes of wholesome heavy metal that is laced with so many variations. Flecks of Iron Maiden, dollops of crossover thrash, and even a jarring Voivod entanglement on \u2018Terrornaut\u2019. It\u2019s such an immersive experience so I advise a handful of listens at the very least in order to be able to consume the layers.<\/p>\n

The combo isn\u2019t only adept at punching the listener with punky flavours but the shades of classic thrash are also a joy to behold, and yet woven in-between the folds are smatterings of the unorthodox alongside the signature trends. The death thrash of \u2018The Reaper Is Nesting\u2019 smears into punk as do the dashes of Discharge that the title track brings with its edgy 80s hardcore vibe.<\/p>\n

Deceased demands you get involved as melodious shades fuse with progressive colours. Interesting then that early Voivod and then Voivod circa Angel Rat<\/em> (1991) seem to be influences here, but then again \u2018The Gravedigger\u2019 mixes doom and punk before tipping into a classic metal charge. Closer \u2018Farewell (Taken To Forever)\u2019 is deathly in its fury, but there\u2019s no predictable avenues, every corner seems to reveal something unexpected, even with the more traditional elements.<\/p>\n

One would think that with a few tracks clocking in at over seven minutes that the album would feel bloated, but because there are so many ingredients contained I actually found myself disappointed when the longer songs ended. Further variety abounds on \u2018Fed To Mother Earth\u2019 with the injection of female vocals and then the punked up vibe of \u2018Brooding Lament\u2019.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t reiterate just how good this album is, made all the more inviting by the warm production and the strong sense of never forgetting where you come from while at the same time keeping things fresh. Deceased lives!.<\/p>\n

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

DECEASEDChildren Of The Morgue Hells Headbangers (2024)Rating: 8.5\/10 Forty years after their formation, Virginian mob Deceased \u2013 still led by maniac Kingsley \u201cKing\u201d Fowley \u2013 unveils its 11th full-length studio offering and it\u2019s arguably one of the band\u2019s finest moments. Complete with unusual cover art courtesy of Desmond Root Ambrose, this album rewards you with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5768],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-deceased"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103801,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103800\/revisions\/103801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}