This is brutal as hell. Dying Fetus play a very aggressive and heavy style of grinding deathmetal and it is captured so well on this latest release entitled "Purification Through Violence". The music reminds me alot of Suffocation but heavier, can you imagine that? A great thing about this album is the production, it's clear and each instrument sits perfectly in the mix, you can hear everything and so much brutality within the music remains intact. The guitar sound is so heavy, haven't heard guitars sound this cool since Cannibal Corpse's "Butchered at Birth", a perfect deathmetal production job. They do a dual vocal approach, a very low growl by guitarist John Gallagher and the higher vocals by bassist Jason Netherton, and it sounds great, deathmetal can get that one dimension kind of feel with one plain vocal sound, these vocals just add to the music to keep things interesting. There are 8 tracks, and the last is a cover of Napalm Death's "Skum". If there is anything wrong with this release it would be the length, just under 30 minutes, but quality over quantity is fine with me. "Purification Through Violence" is definitely must buy for deathmetal fans that enjoy that brutal style of bands like Suffocation, Cryptopsy, and maybe Cannibal Corpse. To me this is almost a perfect deathmetal album in that the guitars are heavy, the riffs and arrangements are great, the vocals are interesting and sickly brutal, and the production is superb capturing the brutality and heaviness so well. What else could I say? Heavy and brutal that is almost perfected. I'm sure you're going to here more about the name Dying Fetus!
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