Thursday, August 4, 2011

Asphyx-Last One on Earth (1992)


Swedish death, Florida death, American doom; this dandy of a death metal album has something to please everyone. There are crushing riffs galore and devastating grooves, suitably raw production, but nothing new, even for 1992. Not many blast beat bludgeonings here, but there are tons of slow, heavy grooves that allow the riffs destroy what is left of your sanity. In this, they most resemble Obituary, but with a buzzsaw Swedish death metal sound. They are not going to get any points for originality, but it doesn't matter. The tight performances will crush your skull. This is just a well made old school death metal album.

Rating: 8 out of 10

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