Greek death metal band Death Courier‘s latest album has received a tremendous response. Their style of sharp, brisk death metal is highly addictive and the vocal delivery too is exceptional. For such an old band from the ’80s to have such a powerful, updated sound, it’s nothing but commendable. US site Dead Rhetoric premiered a brilliant song AT THIS LINK.
“it hits that old school death metal mark and it’s sure to wake you up from any Monday blues. Frantic riffing and thrashy tones meet death metal fury in all the right ways. It instantly hits the gas pedal and never lets up.”
– “an easy contender for album of the year” – The Metal Wanderlust (US) 5/5
– “death metal is still alive and Death Courier are still here to remind us” – Brutalism (Netherlands) 5/5
– “One of the best of the year without a doubt” – Broken Tomb Magazine (10/10)
– “Some of the best death metal we have heard in these past few years” – Metal Hammer (Greece) 9/10
– “is damn brilliant” – Ave Noctum (UK) 9/10
– “top notch” – Metal Trenches (US) 8.7/10
– “one of the best death metal albums of recent years” – Slovak Metal Army (Slovakia)
– “One of the most enjoyable and immediate death metal records” – Rocking (Greece)
– “is sure to be mentioned plenty come year end” – Cult Metal Fix (US)
– “one of the best European Death Metal albums that will be released this year” – Dioses Del Metal (Mexico)
– “prime-as-fuck death metal” – Invisible Oranges (US)
– “one of the most enjoyable and punishing albums you will hear in 2020” – Extreme Metal Maniac (US)
– “Very highly recommended” – Metal Korner (Spain) 9/10
– “one of the most straightforwardly brutal yet absorbing releases this year” – The Killchain (UK)
– “an eardrum rupturing sonic assault” – Anitchrist Magazine
– “spectacular” – Head-banger Reviews (US)
– “a multi-faceted piece of death metal nastiness” – No Clean Singing (US)
– “Exceptional stuff’ – Noob Heavy (Australia) 8/10
– “a threatening and outrageous mood” – Metal View Blogspot (Greece) 8/10
– “a lethal new album that throws the gauntlet at detractors” – RTMB (Spain)
– “strikingly contemporary” – Storm Bringer (Germany) 3.5/5
– “have retained a surprising freshness” – Musik Reviews.de (Germany) 11/15
– “does not allow moments of tiredness” – All Around Metal (Italy) 3/5
– “A great album to get you through a need for OG Death Metal” – Music Apocalypse Culture
– “deliver the brutality they are known and loved for” – Metal Talk (Germany)
– “Death Courier are here to melt faces and batter brains” – GBHBL (US) 7.5/10
– “expert Death Metal songwriting” – Metal.de (Germany) 7/10
– “solid and satisfying” – Wormwood Chronicles (US)
– “excellent” – Metal Temple (Greece)
Death Courier (Greece) – Necrotic Verses (June 5th, 2020)
Genre – Death Metal
Release Date – June 5th, 2020
Record Label – Transcending Obscurity Records
For fans of – Malevolent Creation, early Morbid Angel, Slayer, early Death, Morgoth, Asphyx, Obituary, Vader, Vomitory
Legendary death metal band Death Courier are one of the earliest bands from the Greek metal scene releasing a slew of demos from way back in 1987 and putting out an album and an EP in the early ’90s. More than three decades later, the band is on the verge of releasing one of the strongest albums to come from the Greek death metal scene. It’s hard to believe that this is the same band because the energy level is off the charts and everything has been amped up to match present day standards without of course changing the core sound and integrity. The music is still essentially the pulsating, rabid death/thrash metal kind and there remains that palpable hunger in the members to create memorable and gnarly music that they were known for. This is a lethal new album that throws down the gauntlet to the naysayers doubting the band’s prowess after so many years, who will invariably be forced to eat their words. ‘Necrotic Verses’ will grab you by the throat and won’t let go till the shockingly potent album is over. Death Courier have set new standards for themselves and others to look up to, all over again.
Band lineup –
Billy Soulas – Bass and Vocals
George Petousis – Guitars
Ilias Iliopoulos – Drums
Artwork by Misanthropic Art (Trench Warfare, Xpus)
Layout by Turkka G. Rantanen (Paganizer, Revolting)
Track listing –
1. Necrotic Verses
2. Mourning Ecstasy
3. As Heaven Blends With Rot
4. When Death Fits To Skin
5. Interlude
6. Pillars Of Murk
7. Morsimon Imar
8. Immune To Burial
9. Visceral Slice
10. Remnants
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