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Band
Down Among The Dead Men
Title
And You Will Obey Me
Type
LP/EP
Company
Metal Blade
YOR
2018
Style
Death
Band / Release Notes
A project from the minds of Dave Ingram, Rogga Johansson and Dennis Blomberg. Crusty Power-Punk with a definite Death Metal edge.
6/26/2018 - Review by: Greg Watson
Classic death metal dripping with nostalgia and bits of gore
"And You Will Obey Me" by Down Among the Dead Men is an album that will immediately appeal to old school death metal fans. They have a slightly Swedish feel to their style but there isn't as much melody as the Swedish death bands were so fond of. I found myself about half and half on the album as after you've come through the first half of the album, the second half really sounds pretty similar. I would have liked some variety thrown in to mix things up a little but there's no question that the band are quite capable of playing high quality death metal.
Recommended for fans of: Old school death metal
PERSONAL BREAKDOWN:

ENJOYMENT
3
MUSIC
3
VOCALS
3
PRODUCTION
3
ARTWORK
2
LYRICS
2.5


  • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
    3.5 :AVE RATING

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TITLE
DOR
COMPANY
REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
And You Will Obey Me
2018
Metal Blade
Greg Watson6/26/2018
3.5

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