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..::OPIS::..

Pierwsza, klasyczna duża płyta z 1992 roku weteranów z Chicago. Cholernie ciężki, niskostrojony amerykański death/doom.


"Criminally underrated" is probably the first thing to come to mind when I think of the band Cianide. The next thing I think of is this album, and how it's a really crushing death metal record. Cianide took most of the main ingredients to death metal, leaving out the factor of speed for most of the album. This gave birth to a gem of a death metal album that stands out amongst the crowd of a time, rich in great death metal. It's a damn shame that no one is talking about this band anymore, because this album really does something unique with death metal.

So, much like Autopsy, Cianide does the whole "death metal meets Sabbath" idea. This immediately brings up some lesser done ideas, as now blast beats are no longer the beat of choice here. Instead, tempos are kept in a relaxed yet solid groove. Double bass thumps through appropriate sections, while the bass rides along with it, and the guitars open up. Many of the riffs change from open strums to tremolo in progression, and end up opening more options in terms of song arrangement. In other words, when Cianide wants to play slow, they really make it feel slow.

Everything in this band fits together well. The production is completely appropriate as it focuses more on the low side of things, allowing for true heaviness to occur. The bass drums have a great thump as stated, the bass is thick and pulsating, and the vocals are low and evil sounding. Not to mention a deadly guitar tone. It just literally sounds like these guys were made to play slow.

The phrasing in the riffs are relatively simple but sound daunting and perhaps even abysmal. Power chord progressions with different textures and strum patterns come up, or sometimes just simple droning of chords allows for various moods to be expressed.

The best part about this album is that every song is full of parts that stand out, so there's always something that grabs you for every song. For example, "Minscrape" features a good snare pattern in a beat. "Second Life" features some well thought out vocal patterns that stick out well. The title track contains the fastest section on the whole album, and it isn't even a blast beat (but still has some velocity). Little things like that appear all over the album, and are unique to each song, which helps it define itself.

This album is a classic, and anyone who considers themselves a fan of good death metal should hunt it down one way or another. I personally think it's a gem and established a very distinct style of death metal that's done just right. This is the best Cianide disc without question. Cianide is still a great band today (and consistent), but, this manages to stand above the rest.

Orphy



..::TRACK-LIST::..

The Dying Truth CD 1992
1. Scourging At The Pillar 5:12
2. The Dying Truth 5:22
3. Funeral 5:50
4. The Suffering 4:12
5. Human Cesspool 3:27
6. Mindscrape 5:30
7. Crawling Chaos 6:02
8. Second Life 6:37

Bonus Tracks:
Funeral Demo 1990
9. Morbid Restitution 3:47
10. Funeral 4:10
11. Choose Your Death 2:27

Second Life Demo 1991
12. The Dying Truth 5:45
13. Mindscrape 5:31
14. Human Cesspool 3:31
15. The Suffering 4:00
16. Second Life 5:46



..::OBSADA::..

Scott Carroll - Guitars
Mike Perun - Bass, Vocals
Jeff Kabella - Drums



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