Vorzug from Phoenix Arizona are a rather average death metal band to my ears. There are some catchy mid paced thrash style riffs on this single; the guitars chug along pretty nicely with some good catchy and fairly melodic riffs. To me the vocals don’t really fit into the song that well. The guitar parts sound more thrash inspired and would work much better with either a shouting or even melodic thrash style vocalist. When the vocals first come in about 20 seconds into the track they are in a very low guttural death metal growling style over what is basically a mid tempo thrash style chugging guitar riff, and I just don’t think it fits together that well. Around 50 seconds into the song the guitar speeds up a little bit, the double kick starts to roll and the vocals get a little higher pitched. This section sounds more like the parts belong together, but ultimately they go nowhere. The double kicks drop away, and the mid tempo chug returns.
The production on this track is in keeping with a lot of modern death metal recordings. The parts all sound like they have been tracked properly and every instrument can be clearly heard. They avoided one common pitfall that annoys me, which is the drums dominating everything and making it hard to hear the rest of the band. I would have been tempted to put the vocals a little lower in the mix as they don’t really add anything to the track, and the guitar riff is really the strongest part of this song.
The production on this track is in keeping with a lot of modern death metal recordings. The parts all sound like they have been tracked properly and every instrument can be clearly heard. They avoided one common pitfall that annoys me, which is the drums dominating everything and making it hard to hear the rest of the band. I would have been tempted to put the vocals a little lower in the mix as they don’t really add anything to the track, and the guitar riff is really the strongest part of this song.
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