Mr. Death – Descending Through Ashes (2011)

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One year after the release of their highly entertaining EP “Death Suits You”, old-school Death Metal is back with another Mr. Death release. With a very traditional Swedish old-school DM sound, this group of Swedes deliver 10 songs of nostalgic sounding music that should appeal to all fans of older Entombed, Grave, Dismember, and similar bands.

With a dirty and gritty sound, Mr. Death rolls through the songs in this release featuring a hefty amount of catchy riffs and headbanging moments. Since the opener “To Armageddon”, we can hear the raw distorted guitars nicely fit with the organic-sounding drumming. Most songs of this release are pretty straightforward and effortlessly re-capture the guitar/vocal sound of old-school bands with a twist of modern production values.

“Bloodfalls” is our favorite song of this album thanks to the punishing riffing and catchiness. In fact, most songs like “Another State of Decay”, “Stillborn in a Dying world”, and “The Coiled” are equally as catchy, so it’s a hard call to pick which one is better. While the album is catchy and entertaining, it does drag a bit by the end. But this is a regular problem that old-school DM releases had back in the day.

In general, Mr. Death continues to keep old-school DM alive and brings it to the new generations of Metalheads. What young people might think of a band like this should be interesting to hear, but the legions of older fans of the genre will rejoice to hear that Mr. Death shows no signs of slowing down.

Band: Mr. Death Album: Descending Through Ashes
Label: Agonia Records

Release: September 25th (Europe) / October 25th (North America)

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Genre: Death Metal

Country: Sweden

Rating: 86/100
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