Monday, June 10, 2013

Coffins/The Fleshland/Relapse Records/2013 CD Review


  Coffins  are  a  band  from  Japan  that  plays  doom,  death  and  sludge  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "The  Fleshland"  which  was  released  by  Relapse  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  playing  with  not  much  in  the  way  of  fast  drumming  or  blast  beats  being  present  on  this  recording,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  riffs  that  combine  doom,  death  metal  and  sludge  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  which  is  very  dark  and  heavy  sounding  along  with  some  melody  being  thrown  into  the  riffing  at  times,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  old  school  sounding  death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  range  from  deep  death  metal  growls  to  high  pitched  screams,  while  the  lyrics  cover  darkness  and  gore  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy,  dark  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording  with  some  of  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  Coffins  are  a  very  great  sounding  heavy  hybrid  of  sludge,  doom  and  death  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Hellbringer"  "The  Vacant  Pale  Vessel"  "Rotten  Disciples"  and  'The  Unhallowed  Tide".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.    

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