Title: Whispers of the Dead
Artist: Stigmatized
Genre: Death Metal / Trash Metal
Release Date: 26th March 2010
Label: Yonah Records
Album Review
“…O worms! Black friends, who cannot hear or see,
A free and joyous corpse behold in me!
You philosophic souls, corruption-bred,
Plough through my ruins! Eat your merry way!
And if there are yet further torments, say,
For this old soulless corpse among the dead.”
(Charles Beaudelaire, Transl.: Roy Campbell)
The third album of this ambitious band from a small town in Germany proofs, that Death and Trash Metal has got a “new” alliance of heroes! Perfect sound engineering by Jörg Uken in the Soundlodge Studios and a lot of tracks full of anger, rage and grudge - that’s what I call a quite good combination. Their predecessors ‘Live in Despair’ and ‘Becoming Unique’ set the bar high with regards to the expectations of a successful third album. No doubt, that the pressure of being measured by these masterpieces was extremely high. I have to say, these guys can be fearless what future may bring…
Diversified voice-parts between grunts and growls, shouting and singing à la KREATOR; TANKARD or SLAYER (I’d prefer the grunts and growls - really awesome and seldom heard with this perfection) plus Trash riffing paired with really atmospheric and awesome lead guitar parts present a fistful of hate to the listener. After three years of song writing and simply bringing their skills to perfection STIGMATIZED are back - more alive than ever! Almost 50 minutes of smashing their audience from song to song with barely a chance to breath then storm’s over… and leaves one with in despair. Thank God, there’s a “Repeat” Button!
Tracklist
01. The fall
02. Love and blood
03. Whispers of the dead
04. Time bomb
05. Impulse
06. Disturbance of equilibrium
07. Carved in bone
08. The addicted Of Night
Line-up
Michael - Vocals
Ralf - Guitar
Martin - Guitar
Thorsten - Bass
Christian - Drums
Website
http://www.stigmatized.de/ / http://www.myspace.com/officialstigmatized
Cover Picture
Rating
Music: 8
Sound: 9
Extras: -
Total: 8.5 / 10
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