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Under Unique Leader comes out in 2005, "Crown Of Souls", the second-to-last album by the Americans Deeds Of Flesh.
The band offers a good level of Brutal Death Metal, the growls of Erik Lindmark and Jacoby Kingston are just guttural enough, and sometimes there are brief hints of scream, without falling into excessive incomprehensibility that perhaps in the long run could become cloying. Erik on guitar is committed to studying atonal riffs that perhaps have the flaw of sounding a bit too similar in some songs, the drums are launched into beautiful double bass drum plays and breaks that are truly appreciable, although unfortunately, the sound given to the snare drum in production is in my opinion indecent, and given the wide use of blast beats, it’s a jarring note in what is still a commendable work. I am pleasantly surprised instead by Kingston's skill with the bass, which, despite not standing out much in the mix of sounds, is very well defined in the breaks, where it manages to hold the song on its own, dragging the listener with its full sound and never too predictable loops.
The overall technique is good without exaggeration, but you can see that the band aims more to involve the audience in their sound rather than give lessons in instrumental technique. The production is quite clean (the only major flaw, as already mentioned, is that snare drum) and this helps the band express their potential to the fullest. The best tracks are perhaps in the first part of the CD, and I would highlight "Medical Murder" and "Hammer-Forged Blade".
The album definitely deserves a full pass, but I can't give more due to a certain monotony that perhaps emerges in the end. I am curious to see if the band will manage to further evolve despite the already numerous changes since the beginnings.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Crown of Souls (05:22)
Impulses encase my thoughts
Loss of reasoning ignored
Mutilating, my fetish needs fulfilled
Sickening horrific visions explored
Persistence to see blood spilled
Pools of my horrendous deeds
Disfiguring my perfect specimen
Creating my crown of souls
The impulse to destroy flowing violently
Resurgent, this sickness swallows me
Consuming, engulfing are these needs
Lost awareness of my humanity
Abnormal inhumane sick fantasies
The desires build inside of me
Lashing out at the weak
Fulfilling the world I wish to see
I’m the monster, commanding loathsome deeds
Compelled to create atrocities
I’m the monster, I decide how you die
Subservient, you will fear me
Servant, your soul is now mine
Bathing in my sub consciousness
My own personal mortuary
A writhing sea of dead souls
The emptiness of humanity
The impulse to destroy flowing violently
Resurgent, this sickness swallows me
Consuming, engulfing are these needs
Lost awareness of my humanity
Impulses encase my thoughts
Loss of reasoning ignored
Mutilating, my fetish needs fulfilled
Sickening horrific visions explored
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