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Cannibal CorpseViolence Unimagined

✦✦✦✧ As was the case with 2017’s Red Before Black, this album starts off by giving the people what they want: traditionally disgusting old-school death metal. And just like its predecessor, this album waits until a third of a way in, before revealing the really great stuff. From “Condemnation Contagion” on, this album showcases the band at their most reinvigorated and, dare I say, catchy?

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Cannibal CorpseA Skeletal Domain

★★★☆ This is easily my favorite Cannibal Corpse album of the last ten years. While the changes are subtle, you get a definitely step up from the band in terms of dynamic ferocity. The production is both refined and blistering. And pay special attention to the ultra-detuned title track and “The Murderer’s Pact” — it feels like drop-A is the band’s sweet spot.