Here is the third full length opus by Belgium’s CARNATION. This band plays old school death metal mayhem and this opus contains eight songs of carnage done by European school of death metal with chainsaw guitars, almost d-beat drumming and some really nice hooks and melodies thrown here and there among the songs structures. Vocals are brutal but not too brutal, so they fit perfectly to the songs because you can understand some stuff being sung about and you just must feel the energy of this album, how good it is, with almost crusty anthems like excellent ‘Maruta’. There are also clean vocals on ‘Replicant’ which show how varied this band is, not just mere clone of glorious times back in the day. My personal favorites on this death metal gem are epic title song, above mentioned ‘Replicant’ and ‘Metropolis’. Go get this one if you are a fan of Euro old school of death metal with blast beats and crushing brutality, but also melody.

8,5/10 axes