ANNIHILATED - XIII Steps To Ruination

December 8, 2014, 9 years ago

(Unique Leader)

Greg Pratt

Rating: 7.5

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ANNIHILATED - XIII Steps To Ruination

Debut full-length from this California death band, but it's not like they're the new kids on the block, with members having done time in bands like Abysmal Dawn and Grotesque, as well as guest spots here from dudes from Aborted, Prong, and (the incredible, awesome, please never forget them even though you probably already have) Eyes Of Fire. And the death metal that gets laid down on this 41-minute disc is certainly nothing you haven't heard before, a pretty straight-ahead take on old-school death that loves the Floridian groove and stomp but also likes to get things blasting and grinding in a bit more of a modern tech-death sound that's surprisingly not that tech at all (see: most recent Origin album for a perfect example of this wonderful deception). Annihilated may have the most generic death metal name of all time, but this is one enjoyable disc, start to finish, equal amounts catchy and technically adept, old-school loving and modern-flair respecting, result of said sweatpants-boner-popping equation just being a whole lot of fun to listen to, which counts for a lot.



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