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Breed Deadness Blood was the first CD for Blood Harvest Records, and the first full-length for Necrovation. It made many year-end lists in 2008, and for good reason. Other bands like Repugnant and Nominon have also mined retro Swedish death metal. But they have had the necrotic stench of old men stuck in the past. Necrovation sound like they’re discovering it 20 years after the fact.
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The production is straight out of 1990, the performances are rabid, and the vocals swim in ghoulish pools of reverb. Solos begin in some key and end up in another, incandescing in squiggles of whammy bar. Old-school Swedish death metal was about sound, not songs; the fidelity of its reproduction here is stunning. I admit I don’t understand the point of such reverse engineering. (It reminds me of pre-ripped jeans or replica celebrity guitars that duplicate cigarette burns and chipped finishes.) Left Hand Path and Like an Ever Flowing Stream are still available. But Bread Deadness Blood sounds like a lost classic from that era, so mission accomplished.
I’ve read a lot of good stuff about this disc over the last several months, but this was my first time hearing it. Very solid, indeed…
Yeah – this album rocks. If you’re in the mood for more old-school SDM, you should check out Tribulation’s ‘The Horror.’
Oh man, I love the singer’s excellent elocution. He would be a terrific dinner companion.