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“Against The Rest” by Never Again

Artist: Never Again
Title: “Against the Rest”
Label: 1981 Records
Release Date: May 29, 2007ath Metal
Genre: Death Metal
Rating: 1/5

Dear PiercingMetal Reader-

If you’ve read my reviews for this site you have by now gathered that I am in no way, shape or form a fan of the “Cookie Monster” vocals-ridden death metal genre. This raging dislike comes not from the genre’s ubiquity, but from the fact that albums and bands within the form tend to be virtually indistinguishable, perhaps over-illustrating the old adage of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” That assessment may sound glib, but having had to listen to album after album after album of this stuff, I swear to whatever gods there may be that they really do all sound the same and I can only take so much of it without suffering a nervous breakdown of Brobdingnagian proportions. That sameness is a complete and total headache inducing drag, and this album is another example of that. There is simply nothing more that I can say about it without repeating myself yet again, so if you like this stuff, good on you. If not, skip it.
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“Don’t Kill The Messenger” by Suffocate Faster

Artist: Suffocate Faster
Title: “Don’t Kill the Messenger”
Label: 1981 Records
Release Date: September 19, 2006
Genre: Death Metal
Rating: 1/5

Ever heard a totally generic death metal album that’s replete with machine gun drums and wall-to-wall Cookie Monster vocals? You have? Then you’ve heard this. Nothing to see here, move along…
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