Autopsy - Tourniquets, Hacksaws And Graves
Autopsy, the legend, the forefather… etc. when they returned with "Macabre Eternal" a little while back, my senses were once again alive with the rotten putrid sounds emanating from these rotting corpses, but following a slightly weaker follow up for me with "The Headless Ritual", "Tourniquets, Hacksaws And Graves" has some shoes to fill, although being a realist, you are never going to hear a "Mental Funeral" or debut release re-hash, it just would not work, especially as over time there has been so much exposure to this genre, it was different in 1989!
‘After The Cutting’ is fast, furious and the Autopsy of old with plenty of reverb on both the vocal and the guitar track, thick with slime, less remorseful to weaker individuals, but varied by playing with time signatures and not relying on heads down same old aggression to get their message of gore across. The pattern continues with ‘Teeth Of The Shadow Horde’ that has a slight punk feel the start then continues to provide a sound that many have copied over the years. The guitar sounds quite messy actually, critically it’s a little too distorted and not that good in terms of clarity until the tempo slows down, then you achieve the result that Autopsy are good at giving. Another downside is a wasted instrumental in the form of ‘All Shall Bleed’ does nothing to entertain or to balance the release or give any breathing space, but thankfully the track ‘Autopsy’ and the slow burning doom like nihilism of ‘Burial’ ends and redeems the releases worth with a fantastic mark of dominance.
The album suffers slightly weak production and a few fillers in the middle of the release; overall it is still a credible racket to keep their status within death metal very much alive.
‘After The Cutting’ is fast, furious and the Autopsy of old with plenty of reverb on both the vocal and the guitar track, thick with slime, less remorseful to weaker individuals, but varied by playing with time signatures and not relying on heads down same old aggression to get their message of gore across. The pattern continues with ‘Teeth Of The Shadow Horde’ that has a slight punk feel the start then continues to provide a sound that many have copied over the years. The guitar sounds quite messy actually, critically it’s a little too distorted and not that good in terms of clarity until the tempo slows down, then you achieve the result that Autopsy are good at giving. Another downside is a wasted instrumental in the form of ‘All Shall Bleed’ does nothing to entertain or to balance the release or give any breathing space, but thankfully the track ‘Autopsy’ and the slow burning doom like nihilism of ‘Burial’ ends and redeems the releases worth with a fantastic mark of dominance.
The album suffers slightly weak production and a few fillers in the middle of the release; overall it is still a credible racket to keep their status within death metal very much alive.
- Savagery
- King Of Flesh Ripped
- Tourniquets, Hacksaws And Graves
- The Howling Dead
- After The Cutting
- Forever Hungry
- Teeth Of The Shadow Horde
- All Shall Bleed
- Deep Crimson Dreaming
- Parasitic Eye
- Burial
- Autopsy
Label: http://www.peaceville.com
Reviewer: twansibon
May 14, 2014
May 14, 2014
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