REVIEW: GOD FORBID - DETERMINATION

 

GOD FORBID - DETERMINATION (Century Media - 2001): Amazing second release from this great death metal band ! (the previous are "Reject the Sickness" and  the MCD "Out of Misery") What I like the most from this band is their skills in doing really powerful and fast songs including amazing melodies, guitar parts (clean guitars in some of the songs are really spectacular) and solos that make this band unique in their style. There are two points also that I would like to remark: One is the excellent drumming and bass playing from this masters called Corey Pierce and John Outcalt respectively. The first is a beast behind the drumkit and the later is a Steve Di Giorgio style player!! The other one is the excellent sound and production of this recording. The opening of this technical death-metal opus can not be better than this: A climatic instrumental passage ("Dawn of the Millenia") gives intro too the first song "Nothing": fast, brutal, technical, in the vein of At the Gates, In Flames and the bands of the Gothenburg sound. All the CD is full of blasting music with powerful riffs (beside the drumming and bass playing I talked about before). This is a killer CD for lovers of brutality and technical bands. Favorite tracks: "Broken promise", "Divide My destinity" and "Determination - Part 2" . Contact: www.centurymedia.com and www.godforbid.com