Jun 23, 2017

Workday Review : Black Sabbath, Necrovore & more



Black Sabbath - "Sabotage" : This is the last REAL Black Sabbath record, and without question one of the worst album covers of all time.  Bill Ward in his wife's tights is kind of rad though.  Anyway, I never gave this album much attention growing up until I saw "Tim and Henry's Pack of Lies", and then Zero's "Thrill of it All".  Henry Sanchez skating to Symptom of the Universe - it was a no brainer I was going to revisit this.  The album starts out strong and has plenty of highlights but dies out towards the end.  Not my favorite, but extremely underrated.



Necrovore - "Divus de Mortuus" : This is as raw as it fucking gets.  Necrovore makes Possessed and Sarcofago look pedestrian with their '87 demo.  First generation USDM that was as much speed and thrash as it was death metal. 



Necrophobic - "The Nocturnal Silence" : The band Dissection wished they were.  This is classic Stockholm death done the Sunlight Studios way, with added cues from the new wave of black metal bands of the time.  Black/Death perfection.

- WOODS