Sunday, November 11, 2012

Dehumanized (USA) - Controlled Elite (2012)


Country: USA (New York City, New York)
Released on: Comatose Music

Tracklist:

1. Bloodties 04:15
2. Body Colonizers 02:29
3. Soiled 02:39
4. Set in Stone 03:48
5. Controlled Elite 04:11
6. Immorally Reborn 03:02
7. His Burden 03:31
8. Root of Evil 03:30
9. None Shall Remain 03:09
10. Man vs. Man 02:33
11. Condemned 07:32
40:39

After 14 years the NYDM band Dehumanized has finally released their new album Controlled Elite on Comatose Music. Having seen them this year on NRW Death Fest in Germany I was really excited that this band was still active and working on a new album.
This new album continues where Prophecies Foretold once ended and adds some positive things to it as well. Dehumanized have finally got the fat, clear and just unbelievably heavy sound they always deserved. Production is just neat and makes this record so intense and brutal. Trademark Dehumanized riffs in the New York vein, some pretty classic Death Metal sounding soli spread into here and there, which surprised me a bit. Didn't really remember that on the predecessor really. One thing I will never understand and that I find almost as annoying as long samples are hidden tracks like the last track Condemned on this record. Four minutes of silence, then the track kicks in. Unnecessary and annoying although the song itself is a beast. The new vocalist Centrone somehow seemed to me as a mixture between Mullen (Suffocation) and Gallagher (Dying Fetus) and delivers a crushing and absolutely commited and intense performance. I'm not a fan of high pitched vocals and there are some in here, but nothing I would really bother about really. The whole album just seems so organic and dynamic, keeping NYDM and the legacy of Dehumanized real, yet sounding fresh and new. Riffs just roll you over in this tank like manner, that provoke you to just jump around and freak out. This is it.

A real pleasure to listen to this album, that does everything right and satisfies me as a fan of their first album to the fullest. Dehumanized are back.

90%
Posted by Pissmaster at 12:55 AM

2 comments:

  1. BowelKickerApril 9, 2013 at 11:50 PM

    Well... not a bad album indeed. But there's still some things that kinda annoy me... When they start a nice, driving riff they abruptly slow it down, ruin the riff and try to convert the riff into a slam, the riff is still to fast for a slam though... and that happens over and over again.... furthermore the triggered snare sound doesn't fit into this kind of music. Dehumanized is an Old School Groove BDM band.... no triggers (apart from the BD trigger) permitted pls.

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  2. PissmasterApril 10, 2013 at 2:05 AM

    Have to listen it through again and check your points.

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