Guaranteed to give you a heart condition!
Mark Morton | Boyertown, PA USA | 09/09/2001
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Finally, an American label has gotten the balls to unleash one of the most underrated, skull-splitting Death Metal bands to the unwitting US masses!! Sweden?s own Fleshcrawl has received marginal success in the past with former label Black Mark, but now, a new world is opened to them in the US with the release of As Blood Rains From The Sky?. On the surface, you may merely pass judgment on them as another bland, faceless SLAYER knock-off DM band?that will be your first and last mistake! Fleshcrawl have mastered the craft of creating blistering sonic aggression while retaining the faithful nod to past masters, like SODOM, DESTRUCTION and the aforementioned SLAYER. This band by no means represents the under-achieving and over-exposed New Wave Of Swedish Death Metal, rather they exemplify the harshness and brutal nature of old school DM, when brutality and menace was key! Opting to focus on violent rage rather than scrutinizing melody, Fleshcrawl reminds us of the nature of true Death Metal!! Each track on the disc spews unapologetic wrath and spite towards the ignorance of humanity, while the riffage sweeps you into a whirlwind of lung-collapsing, bone-crushing agony that becomes so addictive, you actually fear to stop the disc?eventually sealing your own fate! Guaranteed to give you a heart condition!"
Dismember's guitar playing and cannibal corpse's vocals
king beagley | warsaw, in usa | 05/27/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"fleshcrawl sounds like dismember with george fisher on vocals. it will totally blow you away"