Reported from metalsucks.net - What makes The Black Dahlia Murder the cream of metal’s crop is that, while never abandoning their face-ripping ways, they refuse to just spin their wheels from album to album. The dudes started out good, and they keep getting better. No amount of flowery verbiage myself could back that statement up more than just one listen to Ritual will. Because just one listen is all The Black Dahlia Murder needs to grab you by the throat, beat you senseless, and leave you lying on the pavement like some ninety-pound moron who just picked a fight with Georges St-Pierre. But, being the sadistic little fuck you are, you’re gonna pop right back up and listen again, aren’t you? Damn right you are, because this is hands down one of the most vicious slabs of metal we’ll get this year.
In short, Ritual is a fucking great release. It’s rare that a band can produce twelve tunes that are as technically impressive as they are aesthetically pleasing and sonically accessible. This is an album that demands complete attention from the opening seconds, and doesn’t waste your time with any filler. Well done, boys. You just made it a lot tougher on everyone else out there.
Tracklist
- A Shrine to Madness
- Moonlight Equilibrium
- On Stirring Seas of Salted Blood
- Conspiring with the Damned
- The Window
- Carbonized in Cruciform
- Den of the Picquerist
- Malenchanments of the Necrosphere
- The Grave Robber's Work
- The Raven
- Great Burning Nullifier
- Blood in the Ink
If you like it, please buy it on their official website/merchandise.
The Black Dahlia Murder - Ritual (2011)
The Black Dahlia Murder - Ritual (2011)
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