APOCALYPTIC VISIONS
Doomsday Device
self-released

By Shane of Last Judgement Zine

In the bio that came with this disc one sentence ends with “the band themselves have spit that it (this album) is not for anyone”. The sentence following then humbly asks for a review of the disc. Why make the album then? I’ve read a lot of these bios over the years and they are all the same. So I’m a jaded old bastard, so what. That being said though, this Atlanta band is brutally talented on this album entitled “doomsday device”. The band has been together for ten years and according to the bio, have been kicked out of numerous bands, are openly hostile (they left a heartwarming message for me on my Myspace page) to fans, and are generally disliked by everyone. It even states they can’t even stand each other. Onto the music. Imagine a more blackened version of early Morbid Angel. Frenzied, lightning fast riffs fly all over the place over a bed of technical, spidery drumming and demonic, layered screams. Killer note oriented riffs are sprinkled throughout and the tempo lurches nicely all over the place. Solos are few, but when they do pop up they are good. The production on this 37 minute hellstorm is VERY good, mixed nicely, not polished, nice guitar tone, vocals even in the mix, and the drums sound perfect, a downfall for many extreme metal albums in my opinion. And this album ends nicely, a cool touch. If ya dig well done, hateful Death Metal with a bit of a black metal edge, and even classic thrash in spots (‘bonecleaner’) you shall like this.

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