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- Band(s): Perdition Temple
- Label(s): Hells Headbangers Records
- Release Format(s): 12" vinyl, Cassette, CD
- Release Year: 2022
- Review Date: March 23, 2023
- Author(s): Ben Schultz
Over the last few releases from Perdition Temple it seems as if Gene Palubicki has really found his true stride, possibly maybe even his happy place (musically). Now that is not a knock on anything he has been involved with before, for it is all of the upmost quality. But there is just something about the last few releases that have a feeling and a touch that all the others didn’t. Whatever it is, I am not sure but there is just something there now that just makes everything so much better.
For those not in the know, Perdition Temple are a “Old School” Death Metal band that sounds modern while not being modern at all. What I mean is that they are a band whose base is rooted in the “Old School” era and feeling of Death Metal. And also the production of this album is magnificent. Each and every note of every instrument and vocal is crystal clear yet there is just the appropriate amount of grit and grime left on top to make it feel just right.
With ‘Merciless Upheaval’ they call it a full length but I would say it’s two EPs. One of original material and one a cover EP but I digress. Because in the end it really doesn’t matter. For every track on this album fucking slays and even with it being half originals and half covers it flows really really well.
Hate to say it; because I am sure Perdition Temple and Gene, in general, have heard this all before. But the easiest (laziest) way to describe what you will find within this album, and most of their releases, is to say that it’s a full-frontal assault, high-speed mixture of the best parts of Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse. Which is a good thing when it is written and performed as damn good as everything is on ‘Merciless Upheaval’.
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- Country: USA
- Style: Black Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Other
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