Style: experimental death metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: Open and expansive riffs, like musical explosions that take forever to settle
Thoughts: Everything is Fire is one of the finest death metal... no, one of the finest metal... no, one of the finest albums ever created. How do you follow up an album like that? In a lot of ways you can't... and it seems like Ulcerate knew this and decided to change up their sound.
Destroyers of All is a massive album. The songs are long, they are complex, and they are inaccessible - but not in the way that Everything is Fire was. In comparison to the previous album Destroyers is easy to digest. Compared to the typical death metal album it's a doctoral dissertation.
The riffs, while complex allow for enough time to digest them before proceeding to the next. They share the same chaotic feel as before, however the guitars now work in conjunction with each other and will often have breaks before proceeding to the next complex riff. This gives the album a huge and open feel instead of beating my head in over and over.
One of the strengths of Ulcerate is that they don't sound like any other band, they have forged a sound that is uniquely their own. Every album they come out with now is an event, and Destroyers of All is a huge part in forging their legacy.
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