Charnel Deity

This should not be confused with the horror/lame ass other band from the U.S. of the same name. This is a great work from a few UK fellows who never went anywhere after this release. I bought this on impulse because it was death metal, and under 10 dollars. It was by far the best deal ever for a CD. I would compare this to something like Suffocation's Human Waste record and Entombed's Clandestine. There is an excess of speed and brutality here. Not cheap brutality either, but good, solid brutality. This was released in the early 1990's and so it has that tradmark sound and style. There are great guitar solos, plenty of shredding, and razer sharp riffs. Drums are varied between supper fast machine gun speed, and mid pacing. In other words, the drums arent boring. The vocalist is really great, he doesnt vary his technique much, but most bands back then didn't. I would compare him to Suffocation on the first record in terms of his voice. The bass is not too easy to hear but that is due to the production. The only thing really wrong with this is the production. It is really bad. You have to turn up the volume on your speakers to hear it. To a true death metal fan, this isnt too much of an issue, but beginners might be turned off. The only reason I dont give this a 90 is the production quality. If you can ever find this at a store, and you like old school death metal, buy it, this is a must have.