I'm not quite so sure about this one. To me, Autopsy, at their best, were all about scuzzy vibe and atmosphere. Their comeback album is serviceable death, good in it's own right, but something is missing. Old school Autopsy just had this dank, dark, yet strangely fun vibe. This is just dark and dank. Something about the low production values and somewhat sloppy playing that elevated (or lowered) the music, enhancing the doom inflected death riffage and thrash tendencies. But that is gone here. The production is much too clear, and that weirdo bass sound is also missing. It's kind of like some Hollywood remake of a grindhouse classic, like Texas Chainsaw Massacre. There may be more blood and guts, but the grit and tension is diminished. Not that it's terrible, far from it; the riffs are great and bulldozer heavy, and the band has never sounded tighter. There are some great moments but this clearly not the corpse fucking of old. Oh well. Some zombies are best left to rot.
Rating: 7 out of 10
No comments:
Post a Comment