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Hearse - In These Veins Review

by Matt Hensch

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Can you stop whatever you're doing and name five well-known death 'n' roll releases? Neither can I, yet that inconsistency as such should not permit a total abandonment on our parts, because healthy babies will occasionally pop out of the genre's womb from time to time. As groups have shot at multi-cultural fame, many have unfortunately fallen, yet out through desperation rises a band bent on death 'n' roll stardom: Hearse. Formed in 2001, this Swedish squad has been kicking out albums with class since their birth, but the faction's highest achievement to date sticks on their fourth full-length effort entitled In These Veins. It's rare to find a release in this genre that actually represents exactly what it was supposed to, but Hearse's In These Veins thankfully depends on a healthy brew of powerful savagery, hooking licks, and prismatic singularity for a fun record filled with nifty rock-laden death metal played at enjoyable limits.

The thing that makes an effort like this so much more enterprising than a typical pseudo-Entombed tribute is Hearse's even interconnection of material fabrics; in other words, they stand right in the middle and taste both entities instead of scrambling between two separate extremes like many death 'n' roll groups' attempt. From beginning to end, Hearse openly excises intense instrumentation that's essentially stuffed with turbo picking sections and wild percussion featuring many technical and charismatic attributes, hence their natural belonging in the death metal perimeter. Even so, there are underlining rock sections formed in the riffs, bass lines, drumming, and overall chorus structure as catchiness is given lots of attention. Not a bad foundation, which is largely forged by keeping that seesaw at horizontal front whilst omitting anyone heavier or lighter on the toy.

But dipping underneath the iceberg leads to other groovy endowments seen on levels many won't find by simply glancing. For one, Hearse built In These Veins on raw production, and doing so really helps capture an energetic mood as it makes this whole listening experience a lot more plentiful. Alas, the golden trophy lands upon their general consistency when presenting swirled remedies into areas critics could easily consider a bit hazardous; it's not easy to find an album so perked in the poetic category. As for negatives, the only questionable quality lies within some unnecessary chorus repetition, which is almost always found on the record's longer tracks, especially "Corroding Armor." However, the day still belongs to our metallic buddies!

Hearse's genetically altered selfdom successfully bonds two opposite mediums by networking essential neurotransmitters of a particular sound while pruning unneeded zingers that could potentially act a bit dangerous when mixed; they balance death metal and hard rock quite abundantly throughout In These Veins. What these death 'n' roll investors are doing isn't revolutionary by any sense, yet it's a no-brainer they're pursuing a new reuptake of chemicals unknown to their unique foundation. Vomit up a few dollars if In These Veins sounds like something up your alley, but also be sure to preview a few tracks if you haven't experienced Hearse's cool take on death metal before.


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