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When I first received this promo pack and saw the name of the label was Willowtip, I was expecting the contents of the package to be black metal in nature. When I opened up the envelope, pulled out the CD and press release and saw the band was named Circle Of Dead Children and have been compared to
Cephalic Carnage and Mortician, the first thing that entered my mind was "great, another crappy American gore/grind/death band." Then I put the CD in the stereo. I am no longer ashamed to say that I was gravely mistaken. Their newest CD EP, entitled Exotic Sense Decay is 7 tracks, and 12:21 of pure blazing and pummeling aggression that has not left my stereo since I first played it two months ago. The music combines elements of a number of genres including crust, grindcore, black metal, brutal death metal and hardcore into one single entity which is strangely difficult to compare to any existing bands I've heard. The vocals vary in pitch between a deep brutal death metal gurgle, to a black metal screech to a mid-range death metal growl. The guitars chug along with hard/grindcore rhythms and, combined with the pummeling drum beats, it will get absolutely any fan of brutal music thrashing around violently. The most interesting aspect of this band is they are, indeed, intelligent. Lyrically they've set themselves apart from the majority of extreme metal bands, straying from the typical subjects of guts and gore and focusing more on lyrics that will provoke thought from those who read them. Even their name has special meaning, and has nothing to do with gore and brutality, as most would think. This American quintet have captured my attention and stirred my mind and have quickly become one of the bands I'm most eager to hear more of. Unfortunately their Starving The Vultures 1999 full length sold out quickly (which was recently reprinted), however they will be recording their new CD The Genocide Machine shortly and I hope to be one of the first to get my hands on a copy. As long as you love your deathgrind fast and aggressive, you will go apeshit when you first hear this release.
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Killalot
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