Monday, June 25, 2012

Radiation Sickness/Reflections Of A Psychotic Past/Abyss Records/2012 CD Review


  Radiation  Sickness  are  a  band  from  Indiana  that  has  a  history  that  goes  back  to  the  80's  with  a musical  style  that  combines  death  metal,  grind,  crust,  crossover  and  thrash  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  album  "Reflections  Of  A  Psychotic  Past"  which  was  released  by  Abyss  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  tone  with  heavy  riffs that  dominate  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  elements  of  death  metal,  crust,  grind,  crossover  and  thrash  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  with  a  good  amount  of  melody  being  thrown  into  the  riffing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  underground  80's  metal  guitar  solos and  leads.

  Vocals  are  mostly  high  pitched  death/thrash  screams  mixed  in  with  some  deep  death  metal  growls  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  clean  singing,  while  the  lyrics  cover  hateful  and  everyday  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Radiation  Sickness  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  death  metal,  grind,  crust,  crossover  and  thrash  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  style  of  music,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Reflections  Of  A  Psychotic  Past" "Graveside  View"  "Escape  To  Insanity"  and  "Demented  Love  Song".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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