Stardate 11/28/2024 08:29 

Another good release by these Germany death metalers. Still have that guitar pedal which accents the Swedish tone. The riffs on here are fantastic. But the album is just shy under 40 minutes in length unfortunately. The whole album is magnificent. The vocals compliment the guitar riffs. And the leads are solid and wicked. I enjoyed this album immensely. Their riffs are top-notch. The tremolo picking and fast paced rhythms are dynamite. These guys know exactly how to construct this style of death metal and they're like an ever flowing stream of metal (in the vein of Dismember).

These guys have been around since 1991 making magnificent metal with that Swedish tinge. They keep coming up with wicked riffs on the guitars. And the leads have quite a bit of echo/reverb to them. The music is pretty fast the whole way through. The rhythms incorporate bar chords and tremolo picking galore. I enjoyed this one immensely!

The production quality was top notch. I don't see anything wrong with it all the instruments are mixed well. The vocals sounded great, typical Swedish style though they're a German act. Their influences are all there and they've continued on this great path of death metal topping (to me) bands like Entrails they don't overly use that Swedish pedal for the guitars. They're in a league of their own in the songwriting capacity. I like this one a lot I mean, what's not to like?! The music on here is top notch metal and the vocals go well with the guitars. Everything seemed to fit on here. Nothing I would change.

I hope that they're in the works of another full-length. They're just about due for one. It's been almost 4 years since this was released. We'll just hope for the future is only Fleshcrawl's utopia! Be sure to check this out It's amazing!

(Editorial note: original vocalist Sven Gross whose last album this is, passed away in June 2021. They do have a new vocalist. - Lane)

Rating: 9 (out of 10) ratings explained

Reviewed by Death8699
02/28/2023 17:27

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Fleshcrawl
(Germany)

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Into the Catacombs of Flesh
1. Into the Catacombs of Flesh (05:22)
2. Mass Obliteration (03:34)
3. Ossuary Rituals (02:45)
4. Funeral Storm (02:36)
5. Grave Monger (03:18)
6. Chained Impalement (02:59)
7. Law of Retaliation (03:14)
8. Obliteration Bizarre (01:49)
9. Red Streams of Sorrow (03:10)
10. Of Frozen Bloody Grounds (02:57)
11. Suffer the Dead (02:59)
12. Among Death and Desolation (04:30)
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Apostasy Records 2020

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