Chuck Schuldiner Project

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Living Gate - Suffer As One

 

This is a crusher. When I first found out about Living Gate I was stoked. It's a death metal band featuring members of Yob, Amenra, Oathbreaker and Wiegedood. For a certain type of fan this is an extremely big deal. I am that type of fan. Suffer As One is an impressive and gnarled release. This is an incredibly tight death metal album very much in the vein of stuff like Gorguts. It's technical, tightly written and endlessly exciting. These aren't songs for the faint of heart but rather those of us who really want to dig into punishingly pointed death metal insanity. 

Suffer As One is a dense release. It's a record without a wasted note, and yet within there is a maelstrom of sound, every note getting more and more crippling and unforgiving. This is what death metal is done right, where it's twisted, high powered and decidedly underground. It's incredibly satisfying to have a record that feels so intensely introverted and uncompromising. Unlike most supergroups this project isn't worried about winking back at the band members main projects. It's about creating art that is bitter, unrelenting and determined to rip your goddamn face off. Angular, muscular and simply unapologetic, Suffer As One is exactly the sort of grime you love. 

Living Gate have crafted something demented here and it's hard not to be enamored with what they have granted us. This is death metal that goes for the throat and drinks your blood. It's death metal that isn't afraid to show the world exactly how twisted this music can be when done right. It's death metal that leaves you begging for more. I desperately hope this isn't a one off project but rather one that leans into the abyss that the members have created, something tells me there is so much delectable darkness to come. 

Pre-order the album! 

https://livinggate.bandcamp.com/album/suffer-as-one

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