REVIEW: BRAINDEAD - FOR THE LAST HOUR

 

BRAINDEAD - FOR THE LAST HOUR (Blackdeath Prods., 1999)

Produced by Braindead

Recorded with Akai DPS12. Jan-June 1999

Cover art by Nicole Streit

Tracks: 1- Circle of Fire; 2- Burning Down, 3- Addicted to Human Flesh; 4- Sudden Death; 5- Die Without Hope; 6- Face to Face; 7- Another Waste of Time; 8- Dreams of Pain; 9- Beyond the Silence; 10- You Die

Braindead comes to us directly from Switzerland and their music is really melodic death metal. Here on this CD they have achieved a great mix of heavy and raw death metal with interesting guitar melodies. In fact this melodies are the main ingredient of the band´s music and I liked a lot the way in which they are played contrasting with the heavy guitar riffs. David´s vocals are raw and fit perfectly the music of the bandmaking the result heavier. I would like the drums to be mixed a little bit higher (as they did on their next album "Crossing the Device") because in that way the double bass patterns and some interesting passages can be listened better. I like a lot the tracks where the riffs are more rhythmic and heavy as hell like for example "Burning Down". A great mix between fast and heavy songs complemented by interesting melodies and atmospheres.

Favorite tracks: "Burning Down"; "Face To Face" and "Dreams of Pain"

Contact: www.braindead.ch