Bloodklot
Formed in 2009 and playing nothing but brutal death metal, Armadale (Perth area) based Bloodklot seem to have one mission in mind – chunky riffs and brutal vocals all designed to get you ready for your doom! Now, I like a spot of ye-olde-death’e-metale and as such, jumped at the chance to check out what these guys had on offer from their debut EP, The Coagulation.
Flamethrower Massacre opens proceedings with a solid rolling drum beat, chunky riff and pungent (yeah that’s right….I used that word!) bass line. Suddenly, the vocals kick in and add a whole new dimension to things, deep guttural roaring over solid backing music, all rolling onwards like some train of death hurtling towards you. Alternating the vocals between roaring and screaming, the guitars seem to almost differ their sound to accommodate the vocal sound, the drum and bass backing track matching everything and adding in a dark rumbling backing movement which is going to push this further and further in to your skull. All too soon the track comes to a close, yet before progressing onto the next one I found myself reaching for the rewind button to check this one out again, there’s something going on here which makes this a track which you want to listen to – it’s raw power on a track but it works!
Impaled By The Reaper follows on, once again opening with a sludgy guitar line raw enough to sand your face to. Slow as it begins, you’re soon hurtled into another pit of screaming, rolling drums, roaring guitar lines and more guttural vocal lines. Kicking into a slower track this time around, things almost seem heavier due to the decrease in the pace of things. The emphasis in this track is on power rather than anything else, but there’s still enough guitar work to make all you budding enthusiasts out there jealous! Picking up the pace midway through, this track isn’t going to form circle pits, this music makes circle pits look like they’re for Barbie dolls and little girls. What this music is going to do is blow your head apart and force you to listen – yet I promise you’re going to love every second of it.
Where do I start with Bloodklot, ok they’ve got a bit of a clichéd death metal name and their tracks sound like the sort of thing Cannibal Corpse would have come up with, but unlike a lot of bands, these guys have got the product to back up the label. Their music is raw, powerful and downright heavy, and certainly not the sort of thing you want to play when your Nan pops around for a cup of tea, but if you like heavy, and I mean proper heavy, then this my friends is the band for you!
To find out more about Bloodklot, check out their Reverb Nation page HERE.
Flamethrower Massacre opens proceedings with a solid rolling drum beat, chunky riff and pungent (yeah that’s right….I used that word!) bass line. Suddenly, the vocals kick in and add a whole new dimension to things, deep guttural roaring over solid backing music, all rolling onwards like some train of death hurtling towards you. Alternating the vocals between roaring and screaming, the guitars seem to almost differ their sound to accommodate the vocal sound, the drum and bass backing track matching everything and adding in a dark rumbling backing movement which is going to push this further and further in to your skull. All too soon the track comes to a close, yet before progressing onto the next one I found myself reaching for the rewind button to check this one out again, there’s something going on here which makes this a track which you want to listen to – it’s raw power on a track but it works!
Impaled By The Reaper follows on, once again opening with a sludgy guitar line raw enough to sand your face to. Slow as it begins, you’re soon hurtled into another pit of screaming, rolling drums, roaring guitar lines and more guttural vocal lines. Kicking into a slower track this time around, things almost seem heavier due to the decrease in the pace of things. The emphasis in this track is on power rather than anything else, but there’s still enough guitar work to make all you budding enthusiasts out there jealous! Picking up the pace midway through, this track isn’t going to form circle pits, this music makes circle pits look like they’re for Barbie dolls and little girls. What this music is going to do is blow your head apart and force you to listen – yet I promise you’re going to love every second of it.
Where do I start with Bloodklot, ok they’ve got a bit of a clichéd death metal name and their tracks sound like the sort of thing Cannibal Corpse would have come up with, but unlike a lot of bands, these guys have got the product to back up the label. Their music is raw, powerful and downright heavy, and certainly not the sort of thing you want to play when your Nan pops around for a cup of tea, but if you like heavy, and I mean proper heavy, then this my friends is the band for you!
To find out more about Bloodklot, check out their Reverb Nation page HERE.