{"id":98324,"date":"2023-02-17T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T00:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=98324"},"modified":"2023-03-16T15:14:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T15:14:57","slug":"album-review-dead-soul-alliance-spiralling-to-lunacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-dead-soul-alliance-spiralling-to-lunacy\/","title":{"rendered":"DEAD SOUL ALLIANCE &#8211; Spiralling To Lunacy (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"title2\"><strong>DEAD SOUL ALLIANCE<br \/>Spiralling To Lunacy<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"title3\"><span style=\"color: #c80000;\">Cryptorium9 (2023)<\/span><br \/><strong>Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image floatedright\">\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/deadsoulalliance_spirallingtolunacy.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"left\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"right\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The band name has always reminded me of a wrestling troupe although musically Canada\u2019s Dead Soul Alliance deliver a straight up death metal blast that brings occasional D-Beat devastation with an aggression, circa a deadlier classic Amorphis and Deeds Of Flesh.<\/p>\n<p><em>Spiralling To Lunacy<\/em> is the second full-length outing from this Ottawa, Ontario-based combo and is a concise, raging cacophony that rarely strays from its belligerence. \u2018Products Of Pain\u2019 is one of my favourite tunes on offer, where the streaking axe work and furnace of riffs and drums makes for quite a blizzard of brutality. The same could also be said for the frothing \u2018Condemnation Through Fear\u2019, but I also like the more pensive grinding of \u2018New Normal Nihilist\u2019 with its steady savagery.<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, Dead Soul Alliance isn\u2019t the sort of band I regularly spin, but if you like a cross-section of brutality that takes in the above mentioned bands alongside the likes of Asphyx, Cannibal Corpse and some Swedish severity then pick this one up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEAD SOUL ALLIANCESpiralling To Lunacy Cryptorium9 (2023)Rating: 7\/10 The band name has always reminded me of a wrestling troupe although musically Canada\u2019s Dead Soul Alliance deliver a straight up death metal blast that brings occasional D-Beat devastation with an aggression, circa a deadlier classic Amorphis and Deeds Of Flesh. 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