Hate Eternal
With Krisiun, Incantation, Into Eternity, and All Shall Perish. Tuesday, June 28, at Peabody's.
by Phil Freeman
There's nothing particularly innovative about the band's new album, I, Monarch. If guitarist-vocalist Erik Rutan was being creatively stifled in Morbid Angel (he left to lead Hate Eternal full-time), it's hard to tell from this disc. The thing that makes I, Monarch one of the year's best death-metal albums is its head-down blunt force. Each of the record's 10 songs prominently features the kind of cement-mixer guitar riffs, high-pitched squealing leads, and skull-cracking drums that the Florida death-metal scene made famous in the late '80s and early '90s. Rutan and his cohorts -- particularly drummer Derek Roddy, formerly of Nile and Malevolent Creation -- know exactly what they want to do, and they succeed. This is a record that makes no concessions to fair-weather fans; it's for the death-metal faithful, who will surely consider I, Monarch a classic.
Latest in Livewire
-
Concert Calendar
A packed week of don't-miss shows
- Aug 3, 2011
-
Concert Calendar
The shows you need to see this week
- Jul 27, 2011
-
Concert Calendar
Shows you should see this week
- Jul 20, 2011
- More »
