Beyond Mortality
“Infected Life”
2013
There are people who pigeonhole metal and say it all sounds the same, and perhaps if you don’t listen to it, it may. While I grew to like Infected life, for which I had to listen to it several times to really get a grasp on it, it was part of the production that distracted me from solid guitars and the heavy thrash rhythms that are interlaced. This is a heavy album but the ‘tinny” sound of the drummers crash together with the studio effects on the vocals early on gave me a challenge to surpass but once I did I heard a solid well written album from a band that has done quite a few demos up to this point to refine and define their sound. While they do not sound like Exodus they have that same kind of thrashy grindy songs with lots of change ups like on Shovel Headed Kill Machine and after. This is a good CD to jam in the car, Aborted and Exhumed Remains were standouts for me. Sometimes you have to give a CD a chance, or even a band, a quick listen on youtube doesn’t always paint the best picture.
Tracklist:
1. The Beyond
2. Demand a Sacrifice
3. Aborted
4. Broken Souls
5. Infected Life
6. Born for the Grave
7. Man Made God
8. Exhumed Remains
9. Suffocation by Fear
10. Final Order
11. Plaguebearer
12. Fill My Ranks
http://www.beyond-mortality.com
https://www.facebook.com/BeyondMortalitySwe
Members:
Wallette – Drums
Ari – Lead Guitars
Johan – Vocals
Tobbe – Vocals/Guitars
Gustav – Bass
Rating: 8 out of 10
~Alaric Hannibal Barca