Alas, wee ones, I must away forthwith for a day or two! Focus your minds together on this, my favorite album by Virginia's unkillable death/thrash misanthropes, Deceased. Supernatural Addiction is perhaps my favorite among their peerless discography (although one can't go wrong with any of their various albums). Loosely themed around various notably works of short horror, from the glorious "The Doll With the Hideous Spirit" from Richard Matheson's famous "Prey," and its bloodthirsty Zuni Fetish Doll, to "Dark Chilling Heartbeat" based on Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." Each song is a gem on its own, but taken as a whole they add up to a Tales From The Crypt-style anthology of horrid tales of revenge an comeuppance.
The music? Ah, yes. This isn't the most brutal Deceased record by a long shot, but the ambitious texture and range are breathtaking, unfolding from the crusher opening of "The Premontion" into a complex mix of not only death and thrash but hints of psych, punk, doom, and weirder territories. Even the longest songs are perpetually forward-moving and fat-free, anchored by the excellent and instantly recognizable vocals of drummer King Fowley. Deceased is one of those bands like Slough Feg or Primordial, seemingly content to stake out their own plot of metal soil and crank out album after album of quality music, impervious to trends and inertia.
Not really related to this album, but since my music collection increased by several gigabytes thanks to this blog, I would like to give something back. You might like it since it is tribal, crushingly heavy, epic and japanese: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8YRK9TBP
ReplyDeleteIt's Calca by Cavo, it's completely unique and criminally unheard of.
Cool, thanks for the link. It sounds like my kind of thing, for sure.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this slab of awesome that has enlightened me to the ways of Deceased.
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