I thought this was was incredble. The only thing I've noticed different about them is the more groove pumped into the songwriting. Obviously I prefer the style that was on ICON and Asylum Cave. But this was nice catchy death metal album.

Well, Icon was good but not outstanding as Asylum Cave. I'd find more powerpack punches, good amount of variation, very good production, pretty strong record I would say. This album is somewhere in between of AC and Icon while Identisick topping all 'em up.

Last time I checked these guys were too extreme for my taste but that was 3 years ago. Will give this a chance and see how my taste have changed.

Written by [user id=110592] on 31.03.2014 at 20:31

Last time I checked these guys were too extreme for my taste but that was 3 years ago. Will give this a chance and see how my taste have changed.

Now I wanna hear what's so extreme for a guy who likes Gnaw Their Tongues

Written by Karlabos on 31.03.2014 at 20:42

Now I wanna hear what's so extreme for a guy who likes Gnaw Their Tongues

It's extreme from a different point of view. I'm not into grindcore and any album with pronounced influences from that genre will be extreme for me.

Also, 3 years ago I was not familiar with GTT.

Groovylicious as usual. I started with Asylium Cave and I'm currently catching up on this band. I'm not dissapointed at all.

Loved this album. Whether people want to talk about the subtle changes the band made is up to them. But I think this is the same Benighted we know and love. Haven't listened to much from 2014, but C.S. is my favorite so far, if that means anything.

This is such a great album! One of my favourites this year.

Written by TrollandDie on 31.03.2014 at 22:48
Whether people want to talk about the subtle changes the band made is up to them. But I think this is the same Benighted we know and love.

Pretty much. The review may have sounded negative at points but that was only to address some of the negative backlash I've seen this get online. For the most part it seems to be generally favored by those either just getting into the band or who followed them starting with Asylum Cave, but I think a lot of longtime fans would still consider this a success. Like I said, it's everything a Benighted album should be, it just happens to be a little less "grind" and a little more "core" and that might not sit well with everyone.

Nothing disappointing about this album. Yeah, I was surprised by the added groove and especially that melodic lick in the title track, but I think it suits them well. As a matter of fact 2:40/3:30 of the title track might just be my favorite riff of the year so far.

The title track is probably the only one I don't like actually. I really liked the Kvaforth feature and how they managed to go all Shining on us for a minute.

Great album, tough to follow up the masterpiece of their career in AC. This may be the best produced extreme metal album I've heard. Everything is perfect from the drums to guitars. I think the AC songwriting was stronger and a bit more pure death metal, but this release is still very very strong. One of the best albums of the year.

I see people praising Icon, I just don't get that album. Something missing on that release almost sounds like a different band than Identi, AC, CS versus Icon. I really enjoyed the remake of Machine Head Old. Not being a Machine Head fan since that song was released, I can see why I thought they were not horrible back then.

Haven't been disappointed by the album at all but like their previous ones I got bored of it way too fast. I wish their songwriting would be a bit more complex and not so mainstreamy.

It kind of reminded me of Slipknot.


Like, old Slipknot.


I ain't even mad.

Written by DelightfulJim on 06.04.2014 at 17:36
It kind of reminded me of Slipknot.

Was not expecting that.