{"id":83094,"date":"2020-03-27T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=83094"},"modified":"2020-04-19T13:45:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T13:45:28","slug":"album-review-deranged-deeds-of-ruthless-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-deranged-deeds-of-ruthless-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"DERANGED – Deeds Of Ruthless Violence (2020) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

DERANGED
Deeds Of Ruthless Violence<\/strong><\/span>
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\nAgonia (2020)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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As prolific as a bloodthirsty serial killer, Sweden\u2019s Deranged have been hacking, slashing and butchering their way through the brutal death metal scene since the early 90s. In that time the cruel combo has released nine albums before this, my favourite being 2002 effort Plainfield Cemetery<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, I\u2019ve taken a break from these guys every now and then, but that\u2019s something I tend to do with this sort of style of metal anyway as it enables me to appreciate it more, even though, to some extent, I know what I\u2019m in for time and time again \u2013 relentless, battering, bruising and murderous death metal played at speed with half hints of melody.<\/p>\n

Imagine then a Cannibal Corpse-styled hammering with such delightful song titles such as \u2018Engulfed By Hate I Stab To Kill\u2019, \u2018I Send You Half The Kidney I Took\u2019 and, for now, the rather aptly titled \u2018Quarantine Required For Living Entities\u2019.<\/p>\n

So, what better way to get through a global virus outbreak than by slapping on a splattery soundtrack such as this; eight tracks of unrelenting brutal death metal sure to distract you from the outside world of worry.<\/p>\n

Deranged has always been a formidable force. And even when slowing down on the superb \u2018Engulfed By Hate I Stab To Kill\u2019 they remain such a bone-splintering act, driven by Thomas Ahlgren\u2019s unflinching guitar work and Johan Bergstr\u00f6m\u2019s hefty vocal growls.<\/p>\n

\u2018Carnal Provision For The Rotten Masses\u2019 glints with twisted melody. With very deft flecks of Morbid Angel in the guitar work, this remains one of my favourite tracks because of its accessibility and the suspense it creates, because pace is rarely applied. Meanwhile, opener \u2018Necro-Bulimia Interfering Afterlife\u2019 churns and froths like a mincing machine snapping at your limbs.<\/p>\n

Everything about a Deranged release is always psychotic and guttural, manic and heavy, and there\u2019s no change here. The band is happy with grinding out pulverising death metal expressions that are as subtle as a brick to the balls.<\/p>\n

Deeds Of Ruthless Violence<\/em>, like the band\u2019s other releases, doesn\u2019t try to be overly complex or fiddly. Flashes of technical menace are certainly applied, but for the most part \u2013 although not old school \u2013 this album pounds and grinds, it\u2019s as simple as that. Whether that\u2019s enough to keep me interested for more than a few spins I\u2019m not so sure, and that\u2019s why my visits to such a band are infrequent. However, unhinged fans of such blood-soaked horror will no doubt feast upon this latest batch of songs, even though the thrills of the kills start to wear off rather quickly.<\/p>\n

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

DERANGEDDeeds Of Ruthless Violence Agonia (2020)Rating: 7\/10 As prolific as a bloodthirsty serial killer, Sweden\u2019s Deranged have been hacking, slashing and butchering their way through the brutal death metal scene since the early 90s. In that time the cruel combo has released nine albums before this, my favourite being 2002 effort Plainfield Cemetery. Admittedly, I\u2019ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,4470],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-deranged"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83094","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=83094"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83097,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83094\/revisions\/83097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}