Burial Ritual – Exterminating The Masses (2012)

Delivering nine pummeling tracks of meaty Death Metal, today we have Burial Ritual and their second full-length release “Exterminating the Masses”. Taking a more Swedish approach to their Death Metal, this band has been around since 2005 and seems to be ready for a shot at the top with this solid release. Banking on cutthroat riffing and intense song structures, this American band manages to sound different than your average run of the mill Florida Death Metal bands from this country.

Things start off pretty standard with the hard-hitting tracks: “Accosting The Mindless”, and “Radioactive Rain”, all of them good examples of powerful death Metal tracks with a raw feeling to them. Is not until the album titled track that the band delivers an excellent and funky melodic opening section that really shakes things up, this song also features odd tempo changes that seem to work very well for such a chaotic, yet awesome song.

The band’s guitar work is pretty solid and on tracks like “Lubricated with Vomit”, it really shows since it keeps things fresh and interesting song after song. The bass guitar line through this release is quite traditional, but yet engaging enough to keep the listener hooked. Our favorite riffing song is the Thrash-esque “Subhuman Species” and its powerful yet old-school vibe.

Our favorite track of this release is the determined “Beast of War” and its endless onslaught of crushing riffs and tight drumming. After a Dissection-esque opening “1913” suddenly switches back into DM more, quite weird in our opinion, and we would have loved the band to fully explore that avenue. Overall, the band does a very solid job with “Exterminating The Masses” and hopefully people take notice of their well-crafted music, so head over to their site and pick up a copy of this release.

Release: January, 2012

Genre: Death Metal

Country: USA