Bethlam
Records 2014
I. Sick Abomination 2. The Maniac 3.The Gates of Bedlam
Anybody who heard the debut album "Death Hammer" from UK death
thrashers Flayed Disciple two years ago will know they are a force to be
reckoned with. This year sees the Taunton quintet return to the studio for this
three track vinyl offering that demonstrates where the band are currently at
sound wise as well as teasing a little about what is yet to come! Opening track
"Sick Abomination" is a frantic affair sporting flurries of
maniacal guitar wielding, ravenous drumming and hostile rhythms and grooves,
all topped off with the deep guttural growls of death chuggin Tim Whyte whose
lyrics are appropriately gore orientated and repulsive! despite Flayed
Disciple's penchant for out right power and extremity you'll find room here for
bouts of all out catchy riff-age and beats, sharp blasts of guitar wankery in
the form of exquisite solos and a general aura of a band completely at ease
with their sound and style and with the confidence to explore its outer
reaches! Expect no quick pop like tracks either as "Sick
Abomination" is a lengthy, gruelling prospect of unrelenting
proportions!
Faster and more brutal, the hungry onslaught of "The Maniac"
is a savage devolution into flat out aggression and insane technical licks as
Flayed Disciple keep the momentum going by blasting out more furious rhythms! Keeping up the death
and horror theme "The Maniac" is a filthy blood soaked tome of
pent up rage, psychotic thought process and vulgar action, a shorter shock
factor of a track designed to punish and wreak havoc! Finally "The
Gates of Bedlam" round things off with and ending of the records theme,
the final passage or chapter of the disturbed played out through more fast
paced thrashing and death metal chugging! A stunning return from Flayed
Disciple, one of the UK's most under-rated but highly promising bands.
8.5/10 (Luke Hayhurst)
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