Death Angel - The Dream Calls For Blood review
| Band: | Death Angel |
| Album: | The Dream Calls For Blood |
| Style: | Bay Area thrash metal |
| Release date: | October 11, 2013 |
| A review by: | ScreamingSteelUS |
01. Left For Dead
02. Son Of The Morning
03. Fallen
04. The Dream Calls For Blood
05. Succubus
06. Execution - Don't Save Me
07. Caster Of Shame
08. Detonate
09. Empty
10. Territorial Instinct/Bloodlust
11. Heaven And Hell [Black Sabbath cover] [digipak bonus]
I first experienced seven-tenths of The Dream Calls For Blood on Death Angel's last tour, and it piqued my curiosity. Traditionally, playing nearly all of the new album is an unpopular tactic across the musical spectrum, but those seven songs sounded plenty thrashy to me onstage and they sound plenty thrashy to me on CD.
Relentless Retribution was a great album and Killing Season was a pretty hard act to follow, but The Dream Calls For Blood might just take the cake for the best new-millennium Death Angel album. Where Relentless Retribution was rife with metalcore elements - harmony overdoses, a couple of breakdown-type midsections, and a heavily modernized sound a la Trivium or Killswitch Engage - The Dream Calls For Blood pulls everything back to a simpler, more straightforward thrash attack. Producer Jason Suecof has been held over from the last record, but the sound has not; this album is edgier, rawer, and thrashier. "Left For Dead," after a brief intro, rockets out of the starting gate and kicks up a cloud of metallic dust with fast, unforgiving riffs. Things get better from there.
Breakneck tempos and cutting riffs frame this exercise in brutality. This is a thrash album, through-and-through, and Death Angel are truly on form. On a few occasions, such as in "Son Of The Morning" and "Detonate," Mark Osegueda offers a splendid surprise. The guy has a strong voice, but I didn't think he had those notes in him.
Death Angel seem to only improve with age. By now, only Mark Osegueda and Rob Cavestany remain from the original lineup, but if this album proves anything, it is that they know how to persevere. The Dream Calls For Blood comes a little late to the party of thrash titans showing the young'uns how it's done in the modern era, but it stands tall alongside Overkill's The Electric Age, Testament's Dark Roots Of Earth, and Kreator's Phantom Antichrist as a strong new effort by beloved veterans.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 9 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 8 |
 | Written on 15.01.2014 by I'm the reviewer, and that means my opinion is correct. |
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7658  |
Just like reviewer here, this record took me surprise for anything. On finish of my first spin, I got the flavour of album it was indeed fantastic. After couple of weeks, it pops up on my pad ahain and sunk in tremendously with strong paddle on the thrash* style engulfed in. I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed this disc and it sure as hell was great album to come up with. * Death Angel's sound was more palpable to metalcore style of playing.
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| K✞ulu Seeker of Truth Posts: 2574  |
Well, I guess I would have made the review a little longer, but having listened to all their previous outputs I could understand your comparisons. I have to say, though, that I was not really impressed by this one, but it might be a good time to go back to it.
---- Savor what you feel and what you see Things that may not seem important now But may be tomorrow R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner Satan was a Backstreet Boy
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| Mattybu Posts: 2589  |
Nice review, their last album was honestly a piece of shit but if they have changed it up a bit this might be worth a go.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Quote: Nope, that title still goes to The Art Of Dying which is by far the best album Death Angel has released in this millennium.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| ScreamingSteelUS Editor-in-Chief Admin Posts: 6088  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.01.2014 at 15:00 The first three songs on The Art Of Dying are amazing, and it ends quite strongly, but the middle of the album somewhat bores me. "Thrown to the Wolves" is by far, I think, their best song, but The Dream Calls For Blood is much more consistent.
---- "Earth is small and I hate it" - Lum Invader I'm the Agent of Steel.
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| ScreamingSteelUS Editor-in-Chief Admin Posts: 6088 |
I'd also like to point out that, considering that The Electric Age, Phantom Antichrist, and Dark Roots Of Earth were our top three candidates in the thrash category for the 2012 MS Awards, a lot of people seem to think that they were indeed strong releases. You might disagree, of course, but I think most people would understand my point.
---- "Earth is small and I hate it" - Lum Invader I'm the Agent of Steel.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by ScreamingSteelUS on 20.01.2014 at 07:52 Just goes to show what sort of an extremely year for thrash 2012 that those three topped the category 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7658 |
Written by deadone on 21.01.2014 at 00:58 Revocation self titled album is boring, re-hashing older materials, excessive use of melodic which turns out that "you've been through with that stuff" before. Look, Revocation shouldn't even in compared in thrash category because they went absurdly melodic in their music. Death Angel's new record is really good but not their best. But, you need to check it out more. I hope you havent listened to new Onslaught. Oh, do check out new Lost Society's new album too, its great. Overall, 13 saw the worst thrash releases.
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| Daniell _爱情_ Elite Posts: 6120  |
Written by deadone on 21.01.2014 at 00:58 This, a hundred times over.
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