| Sprawling forth from Knoxville Tennessee, the five piece band A Different Breed Of
Killer is indeed a new breed of something. Their death metal roots are deeply
entrenched and it shows in their latest album "I, Colossus." They were added to the
Rise Records team late last year and I expected to hear from them sooner rather
than later because these guys seem like they were ready to jump in the studio.
Let's just see if these guys are really something new.
I knew when I first heard the eerie intro song for the effort that I was in for
something different. And while ADBOK does share similar traits as bands such as At
The Throne Of Judgment, Sons Of Azrael, and Impending Doom, they are at least a
fraction different. Brutal, sludge filled chugging is alive and well, with
pummeling bass drums that showcase precision with every pound. Shrieks and scraping
growls also splatter across the album with ragging intensity and never get old.
ADBOK take the predictable chugfests that are abundant these days and modify them
with customized melodies and passion filled shouts/growls. This isn't your
grandfathers death metal and you should take notice. To the untrained ear, people
will have a problem finding a difference, but it's in the small things different
that make this album. Either way, "I, Colossus" charges and never lets up.
So are minor alterations to the tried and true method for popular death metal
enough to make you shell out money for ADBOK? Well I would have to say yes because
this album just has so much energy that it's almost impossible not to like it. And
the earthquakes that it unleashes with every set of pummeling percussion and solid
riffs is enough for me to slap a few green backs on the table for this quirky and
insane death metal.
~ Derek
April 11 2008 |
