Septic Flesh- Oceans of Grey

[Harvester]

Anyone else check it out over at metalsucks.net (still on the first page). I believe "awesome" is the proper adjective to describe it.

New album is out next week.

 

[Mynock]

Yep, can't wait for the new album.

 

[edgeofthorns]

Septic Flesh...what kind of band is that?

~Brian~

 

[Mynock]

I really wouldn't know how to label them to help describe. They have had pretty different albums over the years (this is their 8th album I think). I'd say check out the sample

One album of their discography I would recommend above the others would be Ophidian Wheel. Pretty diverse music on that one with female vocals as well as grunts.

 

[Palabra de Dios]

Here's how I would describe them: super atmospheric death metal. They take death metal and add things in, keyboards, industrial influence, etc., and they really have their own sound. But they are a really great band.



And for the song Glenn is referencing:

 

[dcowboys311]

The last album was like melodic death metal mixed with the music from The Dark Knight.

 

[edgeofthorns]

This stuff sounds really good!

~Brian~

 

[Prog_Please]

I have the album Communion and its like half really good and half meh. I really like the songs "Sunlight / Moonlight" and "Sangreal", but the rest is far less appealing (in my opinion). I like the song posted off their upcoming album, so I'll have to check that one out.

 

[raising_iron]

Sumerian Daemons smokes (only one I have) but plan on getting the new one, excellent death metal!

 

[skyrefuge]

One album of their discography I would recommend above the others would be Ophidian Wheel. Pretty diverse music on that one with female vocals as well as grunts.

'Ophidian Wheel' is certainly a classic of mid-90s avant-garde death metal, but just like its Holy Records labelmates' releases from that incredible year (On Thorns I Lay's 'Orama', Misanthrope's 'Visionnaire', Yearning's 'With Tragedies Adorned', or even Orphaned Land's 'El Norra Alila' from the year before), I have a hard time imagining any current metal fan going back and understanding it. In my mind, the style and production just seem so tied to that time, which now seems like an innocent time when no one cared about metal, so these bands were free to do whatever the hell they wanted without any concern for record sales (note that Arcturus's 'La Masquerade Infernale', Solefald's 'The Linear Scaffold' and Tiamat's 'A Deeper Kind of Slumber' were also part of that amazing Class of 1997).

As cool as modern Septic Flesh is, the polish makes it sorta feel like a sellout to me compared to their old stuff.

Neil

 

[Mynock]

'Ophidian Wheel' is certainly a classic of mid-90s avant-garde death metal, but just like its Holy Records labelmates' releases from that incredible year (On Thorns I Lay's 'Orama', Misanthrope's 'Visionnaire', Yearning's 'With Tragedies Adorned', or even Orphaned Land's 'El Norra Alila' from the year before), I have a hard time imagining any current metal fan going back and understanding it. In my mind, the style and production just seem so tied to that time, which now seems like an innocent time when no one cared about metal, so these bands were free to do whatever the hell they wanted without any concern for record sales (note that Arcturus's 'La Masquerade Infernale', Solefald's 'The Linear Scaffold' and Tiamat's 'A Deeper Kind of Slumber' were also part of that amazing Class of 1997).

Neil

A very good point. I guess I'm lucky enough to have discovered them back then so I can really enjoy the early albums as well as the more recent ones.

 

[BenMech]

Septic Flesh...what kind of band is that?

~Brian~

In one word:

Greek.

 

[Corsair]

The last album was like melodic death metal mixed with the music from The Dark Knight.

I think the word you're looking for is "symphonic", lol.

The new track is *awesome*by the way. Hairs on my arm standing up on end at around the 3:17 mark. I know that they're categorically a Death Metal band but they've always felt more like black metal to me.

 

[eppst1]

Wow. I've heard of these guys but never listened to them. My loss. This is excellent stuff.

 

[edgeofthorns]

Well, I've been listening to Communion all day and I'm really diggin' it! I'm looking forward to hearing this new one now.

~Brian~

 

[Corsair]

Even though the release date is tomorrow, you can buy the album digitally on amazon: [ame]http://www.amazon.com/Great-Mass-Septicflesh/dp/B004OX2HYQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1303138990&sr=1-1[/ame]

I couldn't wait; went ahead and did it.

 

[AngraRULES]

Sweet album. Thanks for the suggestion, I hadn't heard these guys before.

What album should I hit up next?

 

[Corsair]

Are you talking about the new album or Communion?

Either way, Sumerian Daemons should be your next target. it has remained my favorite, even after listening to the Great Mass.

Which is awesome, by the way.

 

[VenomGA]

Fantastic suggestion Glenn, I very much enjoyed this album!!!

 

[nomisofsiman]

Wow. I've heard of these guys but never listened to them. My loss. This is excellent stuff.

Same here. Looking forward to this release. There's a lot of good stuff coming out on May 3.