Kaamos – “Lucifer Rising”
The vibe, the feel on this album is just amazing! It’s like somebody finally said: “OK, we want to play brutal death metal, BUT!!…we are tired of all these blast attack generic bands that have speed and nothing else to offer… 1) we want to have feeling in our songs, make it really heavy, like old Obituary, Carcass, early Death, early Morgoth, with some Autopsy …Just have it be saturated, oozing death metal… 2) we want heavy guitars, distinctive riffs, none of the speed-for-speed’s-sake stuff; it can be fast, but it has to have feeling; it has to sound dark, with no chugga-chugga whatsoever; no “thrashy” riffs, just pure death metal guitar; no happy melodies or breakdowns or anything; Celtic Frost, Obituary, early Unleashed…you know, the death metal sound…. 3) the vocals have to be strong, none of that generic, cupped-microphone dog-barking ….again, Chuck Schuldiner, Tom G. Warrior, John Tardy, David Vincent, Kam Lee, Jeff Walker…just have it have that total classic style death metal growling… 4) and songs that have ‘classic’ written all over them.” Kaamos have really succeeded. Death metal is great art when some people finally have the courage and talent to play it like it’s supposed to be played. Things like blasting and speed are important, but they are secondary to having the right feel, which this band understands.