This album delivers everything that's essential in a death metal record: speed, guttural vocals, great mixing/production, and just balls-out intensity. The riffs are totally fresh. George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher is leader of the band setting the tone for yet another gruesome Cannibal Corpse release. This one is probably one of the better "newer" releases by this band. Not to say that their previous bombs, but it's just better sounding production-wise and better riff-writing. I think it's their strongest release since 'Torture' (2012). Hopefully, they'll come out with some new music in 2020. With the whole ordeal relating to Pat O'Brien, I hope they do!

Every song on here is good, they're in B-Flat tuning, way different then standard or E-flat in their earlier days. Cannibal Corpse has had multiple good albums and multiple flops. But the positive releases have outweighted the shitty albums. They seem like they've really come into their own musically. Meaning the music keeps getting better. They just nailed it here. All different tempos, leads, but one thing that's consistent are the vocals. Corpsegrinder is just gutteral on here, no screaming. It'd make it a little more diverse, but this is what they put out so be it. The guitars and vocals are usually what I focus on in music so yeah, solid release!

The one driving force behind the band are their fans. So many bands have just disbanded over the years, CC has stayed together. No matter what ordeal or line-up changes they've made, they're still kicking ass. I'd say this one is unrelentingly good. Definitely worth a "B" rating. The only thing that I've never liked with the band are the lyrics. But it doesn't matter, the music is what's most important to me. A lot of people cannot relate to Metallica's lyrics, but that doesn't stop people from liking their music. Cannibal Corpse the same thing. The lyrics suck (to me), but their music is supremely good. Especially 'Red Before Black'.

I would just go ahead and buy the CD (if people still own CD players like me) or stream the digital album. Either way, you're getting to hear the heart go into this release. It really is amazing that they've put together such an awesome album after a few mediocre previous releases. Or at least their last one. The energy is all there on this one so show the band support. As a fan myself, I own the CD and have the album on my Spotify gadget and computer. I've listened to it enough to say that they've really done a great job here. Cannibal Corpse rules on!

Rating: 8½ (out of 10) ratings explained

Reviewed by Death8699
01/16/2020 10:51