Shadows In The Light - Immolation

New York death metal stalwarts Immolation have been churning out stellar technical death metal albums since the early 90s, and they show no sign of slipping with their seventh full length, "Shadows in the Light" (2007). Whilst the relentless, crushing and cavernous drums and pounding riffs are reminiscent of peers Suffocation and Incantation, this brutality is tempered here with a depressive, downcast atmosphere. Though intensely heavy throughout, furious, galloping sections are contrasted with more open, doomier parts, accentuated by bassist Ross Dolan's guttural yet intelligible vocals, which showcase some fairly intelligent lyrics. These are in ...  Read the complete review

Shadows in the Light is the latest album (number 7) by stalwarts of the Death Metal scene - Immolation. Naturally, Immolation's music isn't really going to appeal to people outside of the extreme metal listening circles but I still feel this band which were an integral part of the New York death metal scene in the very early 90s are pretty under-rated. Shadows in the Light is not quite the booming brutality you may have found on their album "Harnessing Ruin" but it's faster and more in your face, the drumming is relentless and their is nearly always nice melody cleverly hidden in the background which you may not notice first off. Vocally the band ...  Read the complete review