With a vile crunch undermining the low
pitched vocals and buzzing guitars accenting the breakneck rhythms
Undergang get Northern European death
metal. Their latest offering – the wholly unholy Doden
Laeger Alle Sar is the kind of
filth that lies in every metalheads iPod – demented and bleak, yet
also incredibly vital. What I'm trying to say – I think – is that
with Doden Laeger Alle Sar Undergang
go for the throat. There is something distinctly disturbing about
this band – and that's what makes them so much fun to listen too.
The dungeon level
production in this case only seems to help the music. It helps to
create a total atmosphere of eradication and chokes the listener to
death. Listening to the desecrated sonic offerings this band conjure
up is an experience to say the least. While Undergang represent the
pinnacle of a movement it's hard to define exactly what make them so
fascinating to my ear beyond those low, deeply ominous growls and the
stunning breakdowns where every beat feels like a sledgehammer bein
taken straight to your ribs. Ooh – perhaps I figured it out just
there – the magic of Undergang is in the violence these aural
atrocities seem to gleefully propagate.
Rumbling
and crude Doden Laeger Alle Sar leaves
a surprisingly powerful impact on the listener. This record is heavy
to the point of being alienating at times, it doesn't feel tight at
all, but again – that's part of the point. These Danish death metal
dealers are creating a sound that is devastating, it groans along
like so much muck and then suddenly drags you in. Stolen straight
from the old school Undergang have managed to craft and refine their
soundworlds to justify invigorating death – and I have to say –
I've kind of fallen in love.
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