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Death metal is such a limitless genre. You can do whatever you'd like. It can be over the top technical or slow. Brutal or insane and it's all so good. When we made "Visions of Death" it just came out with a natural old school-ish vibe and that's great, but our newer material has a much more modern technical vibe. I love how death metal has evolved.
For me, death metal should be heavy as fuck, brutal (which doesn't necessarily mean "fast"), atmospheric and evil. If the "evil" thing is not there, you can't label yourself death metal, that's a fact. I'm so fucking close minded when it comes to metal music... I listen to the SAME hard rock, heavy, thrash, doom, death and black metal that I used to listen to 15 years ago.
As a teaser to their album of the same name Liverpool, UK blackish doom metal quintet Dragged Into Sunlight release this three track promo. 'Boiled Angel', 'Buried With Leeches' and 'Volcanic Birth' sound as a nuclear spawn of Goatwhore, Khanate and early British death metal pioneers Benediction. In the faster tracks the band's death metal basis shines through convincingly. The pondering funeral doom sections are reminiscent of drone/noise maestros Khanate, (early) High On Fire and the likes while the more punkish sections remind of Today Is the Day. Filled with samples and schizophrenic vocals that range from screams to grunts and rasps Dragged Into Sunlight are extremity incarnate. Produced by Tom Dring and Billy Anderson "Hatred For Mankind" comes with a fitting minimal production that retains enough clarity and heaviness while maintaining the primitive cavernous effect that this music calls for. Artwork by Justin Bartlett (Sunn, Gorgoroth), Mike Diana (Iron Monkey, Autopsy) fit splendid with the bestial musical content. Not for the squamish or the faint of heart but those looking expand their boundaries of extremity are highly advised to check this band out.http://www.myspace.com/draggedintosunlight comment itWouter 8
