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by - written on 31/01/08 (Very useful, 17 readings)
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'Contaminated' is the first release from Connecticut death/grind band Atrocity for fifteen years, following a recent reform of the original line-up, but rather than newly recorded material it's disappointingly only a collection of songs from the early albums, recorded in these slightly different forms back in the early nineties. Once you get past this disillusion, and the fact that it would make more sense to track down the original full-lengths 'Infected' and 'The Art of Death' (conveniently repackaged together in 2001), it's easy to appreciate these songs for what they are - and even better, it's released on Open Grave Records, which is the best name for a record label ... Read the complete review
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