Suffocation...Of The Dark Light

Death metal is immune to parody. What are you gonna sing about to take the piss out of it? Maggot-infested brains? That’s just death metal, again. You can’t wheel it back a notch, cos then it’s not death metal any more. Yeah anyway; Clarity Through Deprivation comes first and it’s a curious animal…is that a breakdown I hear? It’s pretty fucking close if not. If the deathcore phenomenon is turning full circle into death metal, then I suppose that’s not a totally bad thing.

If the deathcore phenomenon is turning full circle into death metal, then I suppose that’s not a totally bad thing.

Production is crisp as a bell (one that’s smeared in BLOOD of the INNOCENTS) each layer penetrating ears in equal clarity on follow-up cut The Warmth Within the Dark. Steamrolling blast beats and hand-cramping tremolos are ever present, and that’s about as much personality as you get from …Of The Dark Light. The title track half-times it for a wicked sick solo, but there’s not much sticking power to these cuts. When they go all Atheisty, Gorgutsy prog-mental on Some Things Should Be Left Alone, we rejoice. But that’s about it.

STANDOUT TRACKS: Clarity Through Deprivation, The Warmth Within The Dark, Some Things Should Be Left Alone
STICK THIS NEXT TO: Cannibal Corpse, Nile, Deicide