On the seventh position of the Best Albums 2020, we have "Misanthropic Breed", the third full-length album by the Swedish death metal band LIK (the Swedish word for "corpse").
A band that continues to develop in a controlled manner on the Swedish bloodsoaked corpses. Since their debut album "Mass Funeral Evocation" in 2015 and "Carnage" in 2018 they have impressed us with raw, angry, old-school death metal.
"Misanthropic Breed" is like a bag of "Tyrkisk Peber", black, hard, salty and very hot, put one in your mouth, suck and in the end the burning glory comes out and you can't get enough and suddenly you will notice that the bag is empty and you are craving for more, well get it another spin. Highly recommended.
"Carnage" is the second album by the Swedish death metal band LIK (which fittingly means corpse in Swedish).
"Carnage" reaches up to the 2nd place on the Tune of The Day's TOP 50 album list of the Best Albums 2018.
"Carnage" is a un-dead creation which offers a plate of savoury old school death metal, a rare gem in the metal genre of classic Swedish death metal. This album contains the all the basics of the dirty and distorted sounds of maggots and seeds, spiced up with insane buzzsaw guitar tones, a filthy vocal that fits extremely well, something that is hard to get these days! The melody is mixed with insanely heavy riffs, clear and crisp sound even if it's distorted like hell... Chris drumming hits the toms hard and fast and at the right time, the snare sounds gorgeous and the guitars... I get freaking goosebumps, well done Nille and Tomas. It's simple and complex at the same time, the perfect mix to create a wonderful time with the stereo, car or in your head with in-ears.
"Carnage" is the followup of the debut album "Mass Funeral Evocation" by the Swedish death metal band LIK (which fittingly means corpse in Swedish).
"Carnage" is a un-dead creation which offers a plate of savory old school death metal, a rare gem in the metal genre of classic Swedish death metal. This album contains the all the basics of the dirty and distorted sounds of maggots and seeds, spiced up with insane buzzsaw guitar tones, a filthy vocal that fits extremely well, something that is hard to get! The melody is mixed with insanely heavy riffs from them all. The sound is clear and crisp even if it's distorted like hell... Chris drumming hits the toms hard and fast and at the right time, the snare sounds gorgeous and the guitars... I get freaking goosebumps, well done Nille and Tomas. It's simple and complex at the same time, the perfect mix to create a wonderful time with the stereo, car or in your head with in-ears.
"Carnage" kicks of with a guitar driven intro before the rest of the gang joins the crusade "To Kill", it's a big slab in your face tune with a great sense in the melody, heavy angry riffing and a furious vocal. "Rid You Of Your Flesh" is the first single and continues to smack the listener in the face, by now you should start turning blue :) "Celebration Of The Twisted" rolls over all the dead bodies like a bulldozer, impossible to stop. "Dr Duschanka", second single and today's tune, continues the path between heaven and hell. "Left To Die" have a doomish feel and runs in half pace before it accelerates to a more heavier classic rock tune, harch and cruel! "Cannibalistic Infancy" is a quick beast, heavy precision blast beats and a marching speed. "Death Cult" is a classic sounding fast death metal piece that makes you grin like a kiddo. "The Deranged" is a half-paced tune, heavy distorted riffs, slow drumming and downtempo but excellent vocals. Then we turn the page to something different in "Only Death is Left Alive", were they forces the path with a huge machete, the tune also has an amazing guitar solo. "Embrace the End" wraps up the bag with coagulated bloody ribbons, you can feel the smell of rotten corps that oozes out from the cracks and all you want to do is spin it one more time. "Carnage" is a memorable album, much because of the musicianship between these yents and they have managed to create an essential piece of modern Death Metal!
Sum: "Carnage" is a freaking monster!
"Carnage" was released May 4th through Metal Blade Records. Behind the recording, we find once again Lawrence Mackrory and the topping is made by Daniel Bergstrand at the famous Dugout studios in Uppsala.
Band Members:
Chris Barkensjö – drums & vocals
Tomas Åkvik – vocals & guitars
Niklas “Nille” Sandin – guitars & bass
Today's tune "Dr Duschanka", taken from "Carnage", enjoy!
Here is the second batch of 10 records that we have choose to qualify to the best albums that 2015 have given us. Here is the albums between 40 - 31. Today's tune will be publish later on this evening. So here we go!
40. Saxon - Battering Ram
SAXON, the classic NWOBHM band that year after year give us a new record, "Battering Ram" is the twenty-first studio album that really rocks!
39. The Night Flight Orchestra - Skyline Whispers
"Skyline Whispers" is an excellent album that have a great swing where the 70’s muscle meets the 80's poprock.
38. Uncle Acid - The Night Creeper
With "The Night Creeper" does UNCLE ACID spreads their wings and explore some new sounds, but the main psychedelic horror is still the basic and the sound is still very unique UNCLE ACID.
37. Black Vulpine - Hidden Places
"Hidden Places" is an excellent album that mixes desert grooves with occult/doom vibes and themes.
36. Tau Cross - Tau Cross
Rob "The Baron" Millers project TAU CROSS have given us a cleaver album with lots of variety.
35. Lik - Mass Funeral Evocation
A band that loves DISMEMBER makes a record just for fun that ends up to be a real killer.
34. Jess and the Ancient Ones – Second Psychedelic Coming: The Aquarius Tapes
The Finnish psychedelic rock band have released another flawless occult rock masterpiece.
33. Thåström - Den Morronen
Den Morronen is the more darker follow up to his previous master piece "Beväpna dig med vingar".
32. Paradise Lost - The Plague Within
"The Plague Within" is a really strong PARADISE LOST, a record that grows every new spin.
31. Avatarium - The Girl With The Raven Mask
"The Girl
With The Raven Mask" is the second release from the doom master Leif Edling. Here the creativity have been very high and created a brilliant album, but with a late release and to few spins to climb higher. It's a position that I'm sure I will regret.
Today's tune will be posted later this evening.
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