Sunday 7 September 2014

Display of Decay-Outbreak of Infection

DISPLAY OF DECAY is a four-piece metal band from Edmonton. They are mostly doing old school death metal but that comes with splashes of thrash and doom. They have been around for seven or eight years now and have come out with their third release which is "Outbreak of Infection". A tour is underway so they can build on their already great live reputation. In the past they have already shared the stage with Origin and The Faceless.
It all starts easily enough with "Born of Rot" and about 30 seconds in you'll notice the bass, it just kind of sticks out a bit. For a first track it kind of shows all the different aspects of the band, little bits here and there. They hit their stride with the third song "Praise the Gore". It has a good pace and riff and gutterals that totally fit the song and subject matter.  This continues at a quicker pace for the next song. Quick drumming mixed with good guitar interplay all covered in gutteral grunts and growls. Some good soloing and a riff just tops it off. They end of this whole thing with a great chunk of death n roll aptly named "Black Diamond" It's just a really well written song that I can see getting some heavy play at parties.
For a small death metal band from Edmonton I think these guys have put together a pretty decent album. It's only five songs long but I think it's good that they're getting more music out there. There's some good guitar work and drumming on this album, and I really do like the solid gutterals. A lot of death metal these days doesn't really have vocals like this, kind of reminds me of Broken Hope or Gorgasm. The bass is also noticeable in the mix in more than a few points, like with say Beyond Creation. If I had to pick a favorite song on this one it has to be "Black Diamond". That's a song I'm already thinking about listening to again.

Michael F Carnage

http://www.displayofdecay.net/

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