Cardiac Arrest - A Parallel Dimension Of Despair (EN)
Band: Cardiac Arrest (USA)
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Memento
Mori
Album Titel: A Parallel Dimension Of Despair
Duration: 46:35
Releasedate: 23.04.2018

For more than 21 years, these death metalheads from the entrails
of Chicago have been around. During this time six longplayers,
including the current, have been spewed out into the world. My ear
canals have not yet come into contact with the material of the band,
so I can not draw comparisons to its predecessors. But a big change
is rarely to be expected in the sound that the guys offer here.
Cardiac Arrest can really be described as from the old-school
area. Therefore it's enough to take a look at the cover, which you
can either find quite cool or somewhat ridiculous. I tend to the
first, as you can identify the music quite clearly. Thus, there is
Death Metal for all who can not get enough of the Massacres,
Incubus', (early) Deaths, Autopsys and Benedictions of this world.
Rotten, dark riffs dig deep into the intestines and then they
are pushed by the creaking bass once again. The drums beat the right
beat. This can happen at high speeds, as within "Unforgiving ...
Unrelenting", or even nicely creeping as you can hear in "When
Murder Is Justified". Melodies are not really needed and solos are
rare.
Unfortunately, the main singer growls in a very
monotonous tone. I would have liked more variation, as I also do
with many other bands. Or maybe that the whole thing would have been
loosened by another voice as in the short "Rotting Creator".
Afterwards it becomes somehow death-doom-like with "This Dark
Domain", before the very fast track "Professional Victim" slays
through the picture. The dark ending "Voices From The Tomb" follows
which slightly reminds of "South Of Heaven" (Slayer) at the
beginning.
The sound is good and the mix is not too clear.
Thus, the album always creates a gloomy atmosphere. The songwriting
is at a consistently good level. However, there is no song that
really stands out.
Conclusion:
A decent Death Metal album,
which includes all the ingredients for a proper departure. There is
nothing more but also nothing less offered here by the Americans.
Rating: 7/10
Recommendations: Voices From The Tomb
01. Immoral And Absurd
02. Become The Pain
03.
Unforgiving... Unrelenting
04. When The Teeth Sink In
05. When
Murder Is Justified
06. Drudge Demon
07. Rotting Creator
08. It Takes From
09. This Dark Domain
10. Professional Victim
11. Voices From The Tomb
Adam Scott - Vocals, Guitars
Tom Knizner - Guitars
David
Holland - Bass
Nick Gallichio - Drums
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Author: Possessed
Translator: Sereisa