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Europe continues to be a deep well of metal talent. Witness Godless Truth from the Czech Republic, four guys with talent to spare and a serious death metal attitude; technical and brutal, they lay down slab after slab of sizzling death. What a ridiculous wealth of good technical death metal we’ve been weathering lately! Chalk this one up as being on par with the hot new bands like Arsis and older projects like Necrophagist; Godless Truth are plowing the fertile furrows of crushing, heaving death. Quality musicianship and attention to compositional details go a long way towards making this work; guitarist Petr has the rhythmic side down pat, and his solo takes are equal parts shred and melody. Vocals are varied from Zdenek, from low throated rumbles to a more audible howl. Kudos go to the engine room; new drummer Libor is a smooth beast on the kit, applying blast beats when needed and backing off to create space. Considering they had issues with recording the drums (the Czech Republic is apparently a bit weak on the technology side of things) they sound very good. The bass player Tom is mixed higher than usual for typical death metal (a trend I wish would catch on…), playing within the context of the songs and not trying to be the Steve Harris of death metal. This is one of those albums that’s short (seven songs) but solid through each song, and has more than a little replay value as each song has enough going for it that you pick up new stuff on each listen. It’s hard to pick out high points, but here’s a few. “Mission: Fuck You” has cool breakdowns that don’t sound metalcore in the least (thankfully... hell yeah death metal knows breakdowns!) and a lead break at 3:10 that manages to encompass both melodic and shredding in the same breath. “Reprobate Intention” has a slaying intro/verse riff which is exactly the kind of thing I like to turn way up on the stereo to freak out the spuds. Then there’s the break at 2:40, as they lurch into a start/stop pattern, into the solo, back out into more sick vocals, and then this massively cool break at 4:13 which hits the sweet spot. I’m running out of superlatives for Godless Truth; if you’re a lover of technically sound death metal you owe it to yourself to seek this out.
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