Ulcerate are a band from New Zealand that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays a technical form of death metal with elements of black and sludge metal and this is a review of their 2020 album "'Stare Into Death And Be Still" which was released by Debembur Morti Productions.
Atmospheric sounding synths start off the album before going into a heavier direction while most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length. Dark sounding melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while the vocals are mostly death metal growls and when the music speeds up a great amount of blast beats can be heard.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very technical style while the songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them and elements of sludge metal are also added into the slower sections of the songs.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the fast tremolo picking showing an influence of black metal as well as some dissonant structures also being added into some of the guitar riffing. one track also introduces clean playing onto the recording and at times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding. The production sounds very prof4essional while the lyrics cover death reverence themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Ulcerate and if you are a fan of technical death metal with some elements of black and sludge metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Lifeless Advance" "Inversion" and "Dissolved Orders". 8 out of 10.
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