BravePicks 2021 - CANNIBAL CORPSE's Violence Unimagined #2
December 29, 2021, 2 years ago
As the world continues to battle a virus, we present the ultimate escape! It is time to celebrate our BravePicks 2021! Heavy metal is the ultimate diversion, so let's let the music do the talking. It is time to unveil our annual BravePicks countdown, where the devout scribes at BraveWords cast their votes at the hits and misses of the year! So who will be our #1? You’ll find out as we count down the BravePick Of 2021 each day in December!
Everybody has an opinion and it’s time for ours! And stay tuned in January for the writers’ individual Top 20s (new studio albums ONLY), Top 5 Brave Embarrassments (a fan favorite!), What/Who Needs To Stop In 2022? and Metal Predictions For 2022. All will be showcased come the New Year!
First up, the best of the best for 2021 begins NOW!
BravePicks 2021
2) CANNIBAL CORPSE – Violence Unimagined (Metal Blade)
A new feeding frenzy and blood-soaked mayhem emerged in April with Cannibal Corpse’s Violence Unimagined. 2021 was a phenomenal year for death metal and all the force, brutality, and aggression was unleashed in Violence Unimagined. Veteran guitarist Erik Rutan fits in seamlessly, like a fresh saw blade ready to cut its victims apart. The album is refined consistency, a legendary band who knows what to do and how to do it well. With more inventive, vivid, violent lyrics this is Cannibal Corpse at its peak, which says a lot about an act with many top notch records. Violence Unimagined earns its spot at #2!
Scribe Gregg Pratt penned in his review:
It goes without saying that the whole band is on fire throughout this whole album, as they've been refining and perfecting their sound for years now, releasing album after album of wildly solid DM.
I mean, just listen to “Bound And Burned” on this album, the band channelling pure Slayer vibes (and riffs, and solos) and delivering it through unmistakable Cannibal Corpse sonics. Pure power, as is the absolutely perfect riffing on “Overtorture” or the powerful closer “Cerements Of The Flayed”, Violence Unimagined nestling up to classics like Kill and The Bleeding upon first listen; I can only imagine that time will treat this one very well.
BravePicks 2021 Top 30
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2) CANNIBAL CORPSE - Violence Unimagined (Metal Blade)
3) HYPOCRISY - Worship (Nuclear Blast)
4) DIRTY HONEY - Dirty Honey (Dirt)
5) AT THE GATES - The Nightmare Of Being (Century Media)
6) ACCEPT - Too Mean To Die (Nuclear Blast)
7) CARCASS - Torn Arteries (Nuclear Blast)
8) HELLOWEEN - Helloween (Nuclear Blast)
9) MASTODON - Hushed And Grim (Reprise)
10) BEWITCHER - Cursed Be Thy Kingdom (Century Media)
11) TRIBULATION - Where The Gloom Becomes Sound (Metal Blade)
12) SABER - Without Warning (Church Recordings)
13) EXODUS - Persona Non Grata (Nuclear Blast)
14) BAEST - Necro Sapiens (Century Media)
15 EINHERJER - North Star (Napalm)
16) BUCKCHERRY - Hellbound (Round Hill)
17) KHEMMIS - Deceiver (Nuclear Blast)
18) DEE SNIDER - Leave A Scar (Napalm)
19) BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - Doom Crew Inc. (eOne)
20) GOJIRA - Fortitude (Roadrunner)
21) BLAZE BAYLEY - War Within Me (Blaze Bayley Recordings)
22) KONQUEST - The Night Goes On (Iron Oxide)
23) IRON MAIDEN - Senjutsu (Parlophone)
24) CRADLE OF FILTH - Existence Of Futile (Nuclear Blast)
25) DANKO JONES - Power Trio (Bad Taste)
26) DARKTHRONE - Eternal Hails (Peaceville)
27) SMITH/KOTZEN – Smith/Kotzen (BMG)
28) TODD LA TORRE - Rejoice In The Suffering (Rat Pak)
29) KK’S PRIEST – Sermons Of The Sinner (EX1)
30) ASPHYX - Necroceros (Century Media)
