recent single from Dead Label will attest!
Bleedskin are brutal death metal. There are no frills and they don’t pretend to be anything else. After a brief, creepy intro the flesh is ripped off your face by the incessant flailing of “Echoes of the Past”. There are echoes of Deicide in their sound, definitely, but Bleedskin are very much their own band. The twin vocals work well, both harsh but a different tone, and the production – if a little trebly – is sharp and crisp. And those drums… oof.
I like that the songs aren’t complex, just straight out brutal. You don’t get much rest listening to Homocidal Therapy. Even when the guitars aren’t flailing, the drums are forcing your next to crank. If the drums take a breather (rare), it’s the guitars driving you onwards. There are so many riffs being thrown around I wonder if other bands are running out because Bleedskin have them all. Merging chugging heaviness with buzzsaw assaults, the whole album is non-stop brutality.
A brief review due to my own time constraints, but if you like your music along the lines of Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, or Morbid Angel then this trio are well worth lending your ears to. Just don’t expect them to be undamaged when you get them back.
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