Swedish classic – 91%
overkill666, July 18th, 2009
Most of the metalheads I talk to love Swedish style death metal. I hadn’t known a ton of Swedish death metal bands so I decided to look into them. Crematory happened to be the first one I had checked out. I can honestly say I’m pleased with this EP. It’s only four tracks long, but it’s pure awesome. Any fan of that old school sound needs to check into this.
As with old school death metal that came out in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, there’s that overlapping style. The riffs are simple, but come with a ton of energy and heaviness. Crematory falls under this category. Though, the riffs are infact creative. ‘Chunks of Flesh’ is a good example, as it has a lot of melodic sound in the progression, but easily moves into something more barbaric. I call it barbaric because it’s mainly primitive when it comes down to technicality. Though, that’s not a negative thing in my opinion. I like simple more than technical. The fast-paced, powerful riffs just give a brutal edge to the music. Along with the riffs, you have the blast beating drums. What would death metal do without blast beats? I don’t even want to think about that one. The drum work is very consistent throughout the album. Along with the drum work, the bass gives the music a chunk, thick sound. It’s very agreeable with the music. The vocal work are deep grunts, which remind me of bands such as Carcass and the likes. Everything in this album just blends together to bring you a morbid EP.
I don’t have really anything bad to say about this. I want more of this style of music, and that’s about it. Crematory is a great gateway band to get into if you’re looking for that old school Swedish death metal. They’re writing is very compatible with my tastes, and I just love this stuff…and you should too.
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