Severed Survival

It's always a pleasure to hear an album that completely surpasses my expectations of it. This album is one of those that just brings a smile to my face. Old school death metal at its finest. Loud, fast, heavy and just full of sick little riffs all over the place. An eerie feel that keyboards and synths can never compete with. This is a very sick sounding album and I love it.

I've never really considered myself a death metal fan but I do like a few bands. I prefer early death metal solely for the fact that it sounds like really brutal thrash without the bullshit. The Scream Bloody Gore sound is pretty clear on this album, but only this stuff is heavier and a hell of a lot darker. For example the guitar focused riff in the middle and end of "Disembowel", it's incredibly eerie sounding and catchy as hell. I've also never liked any death metal vocals and parts of this album are still no exception, but most of the time it's a raspy scream rather than deathy growls so it doesn't bother me a bit. The bass is turned way the fuck up on the production and honestly I like it a lot. Most metal albums in general put so much emphasis on the guitars that it drowns out the bass a lot of the time so it's great to hear such a powerful bass on this one. Not to mention the fact that it makes the songs sound a lot heavier. Pretty good guitar player too, very catchy solos.

As for song writing, it's pretty much what a lot of early death metal sounds like. I can't get enough of it though. "Charred Remains", "Critical Madness", "Severed Survival", these guys can write some insanely ass kicking songs. Not exactly intelligent music, but very enjoyable none the less. Some of the riffs on here remind me of stuff you'd hear in a gore flick or something. Very twisted sounding and creative. So far this is the only album I've heard from Autopsy and I look forward to hearing more. If it's as brutal and sick sounding as Severed Survival then I'm sure I'll love it.