Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Deride - First Round Knockout (2002)

Cost: $1.00
Not that he's a quality indicator, but Frediablo is in the band (as well as the Grimfist guitarist).  I don't recall if I even bothered looking through the booklet before buying, though.  I think I picked it up since it looked like some sort of hardcore or extreme rock CD.  If it was crap, I could just use it as trade fodder.  Modern aggressive metal here, full of groovy, crunchy riffs.  Sometimes there will be more straightforward thrashy riffs that bridge the groovier sections--these might have been okay on their own, but in this context they're just wasted.  The vocals are surprisingly varied (there are even some black metal style backing vocals at times), but the main vox are reminiscent of Max Cavalera.

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