What album comes to
mind when someone makes mentions heavy music? What album stands out
amongst the thousands of albums that have been created as something that
is truly heavy? Brutally heavy? Crushing, unrelenting... merciless.
For
me that album is Suffocation's Effigy of the Forgotten. This album not
only redefined what heavy is and can be - its one of those albums that
shaped my musical tastes going forward. When I first heard Suffocation
at a young age I don't think I was ready for it, it just sounded like
noise and chaos.
Some five years later I revisited the band with
this album. I was much further into my metal journey at that point and
my mind was ready... somewhat. I was more receptive to what was in the
album, but that hardly means that I was prepared for the onslaught that
Effigy brings.
This album is near perfection, it is violence
incarnate. Brutal and unrelenting in its assault. The vocals see Frank
Mullen at his very best, the guitars are crushing and destructive
without being down tuned to oblivion like so many modern bands do. All
this on top of a rhythm section that does not fuck around.
This
album is the balances heaviness, brutality, and unrelenting destruction
on a daggers point. An album that is so menacing that naming it death
metal wasn't enough... a new genre was born: brutal death metal.
Top Ten Album 1991
No comments:
Post a Comment