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Church Of The Dead – Beyond Death

church of the dead – beyond death

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From the ever-prolific Finnish extreme metal scene comes Church of the Dead, a band created in 2012 and presenting its second record in 2023 called ‘Beyond Death’. Eight tracks of old-school Death Metal with influences from other subgenres are what await you in this album. The beginning is set by the slow-paced ‘Dawn of the wizard’, then the tempo is getting faster with ‘Tombdweller’. ‘Ashes of the world’ offers a great melodic death guitar riff and then comes the cover version of Mayhem’s ‘Chainsaw Gutsfuck’ which doesn’t need any further presentation. My favourite track in ‘Beyond Death’ is the Crust/D-beat infused ‘Whore of Eden’ – galloping drums, pumping bass, heavy guitar riffs and the growls of Jussi Salminen makes this song a crusty gem! Speaking of guitar riffs, the melodic riffing and leads of Kride Lahti are one of the strongest assets of this album. The rhythm section (Antti Poutanen – bass and Seppo Tarvainen – drums) are also delivering impressive instrumental work especially evident in the fastest track of the record ‘Wormwood’ which changes blastbeats with D-beat drumming reminding of bands like Martyrdod. The final of this remarkable album comes with ‘Floating in blood’ which is the longest song in ‘Beyong Death’ and has some cello passages in between the metal riffs. The cover artwork is really good and in line with the lyrics of Church of the Dead which deal with horror and occult stories. If you need some first-class Death Metal in your life then you definitely should give an ear to ‘Beyond Death’!

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