Inhuman
Unseen Dead
GrimmDistribution / Sevared Records
It`s unbelievable how some bands that come from other side of the world can sound like those European ones that I have been listening to, for decades. After Conceived By Hate from El Salvador, there is another band from Costa Rica named Inhuman who has songs on this album that are produced almost like Swedish bands do, and they play music in the vein of old school death metal like Carnage, and very much like Grave – heavier tracks like The Day You Die, Careful What You Fear and vocal growls there, surely has something from Soulless album by Grave. I do not believe that Inhuman deliberately plays songs to sound like other bands, but I am okey that they remind me music from other albums. Inhuman`s old school death metal with low tuned, crunchy distortions of guitars and bass have always been my favourite death metal features. Unseen Dead is heavy album with crushing death metal riffs, quite good rhythm guitars and few attempts with harmonies that all gave them foundations to solidify their songs and sound. The band has 2-3 tracks (A Death Through The Mirror, Unseen Dead) with more speed and faster fingers-play by guitarists, where they may sound a bit chaotic (Devil's Deeds), but for most of time, brutal and melodic-some death metal riffs are about to crush your skull like it was nothing. Te band keeps simple formula for their songs, only few times they made their music sounds more structured (The Last Prophet, Devil's Deeds). I think growl vocals on this album sound brutal but more like rough-brutal-authentic and I like when singer takes time to articulate his words and empower meaning of his "no bullshit" lyrics. Beside many intriguing and technical bass moments in music of the band, there is not much of modern death metal approach (if any) in their tracks, which I consider their advantage, because old school death metal made by Inhuman sound very concrete as it is now.
Unseen Dead as for 100% death metal record works for me pretty well, and I do not need anything else to enjoy music, just like I hear it.
Unseen Dead as for 100% death metal record works for me pretty well, and I do not need anything else to enjoy music, just like I hear it.
Tracklist:
1 Lords Of Beasts
2 The Day You Die
3 The Poisoned
4 Careful What You Fear
5 The Last Prophet
6 A Death Through The Mirror
7 Unseen Dead
8 Devil's Deeds
1 Lords Of Beasts
2 The Day You Die
3 The Poisoned
4 Careful What You Fear
5 The Last Prophet
6 A Death Through The Mirror
7 Unseen Dead
8 Devil's Deeds
Review by Slawek Migacz
Added: 20.11.2020
Added: 20.11.2020