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RISE DEAD MAN got together in mid 2007 and to date are going stronger than ever!
Tired of the bullshit clone bands, posers and watered down fanny metal? The record is about to be set straight again...
RDM is a ferocious slaying machine, bleeding eardrums without mercy, true ferocious metal in every sense. Fuck the "who do they sound like" nonsense, it is what it is!
RDM recorded "Born to Kill" in August 2007 which was voted "Track of the day" on Garageband.com and was also featured on the cover disk of Terrorizer magazine. The time that followed was spent gigging and trying out new material which allowed RDM to forge writing connections, find out what worked and what didn't. If "Born to Kill" paved the way in defining the RDM sound then the tracks that followed set it in stone.
"We are always up against ourselves to push our musicianship further, test new ground, make it more brutal without losing our technical edge. We want to be the sort of band that will make you want to lose your mind in a ferocious slam pit at one of our gigs, or make the hairs on your neck stand up when you give it a listen on a stereo. The music is in layers, it isn't just three chords, it's something you can listen to again and again and every time get something different. This is what good metal should do when it's done right. This is what we aim for."
The mechanics are moving...the machine is rolling...always gathering pace...where this will end up who the fuck knows but it's gonna be a ride!
A review by PuddaWudda of UK METAL UNDERGROUND FORUM says it all...
This is the kind of infectious, malignant death metal which strikes a [fuckin’ monster power] chord with me- devoid of all the tiresome bullshit which comes from bands trying to be something they’re not. Rise Dead Man? They slay. They arrive, they blast, you die, and you love it. With their origins in Liverpool, Rise Dead Man possess a punk attitude reminiscent of the city’s godfathers of grind, Carcass, giving them that gritty, dangerous sounding edge; snarling vocals and a ferocious drum heavy assault which, clichés aside, will snap your neck like a twig. This is thrashy, groovy, grindy, blasty death metal with some serious attitude!
A far cry from some of the fantasy fuelled nonsense which clutters the fertile land of DM, Rise Dead Man barge violently into the room, sweeping to one side the sweep-pickers, and before you know it, you’ve received what can only be described as an aural mugging. ‘Whores Of War’ cries out to be played at indecent volumes to crowds of drink fuelled, drug crazed maniacs, and contender for metal song title of the year goes to ‘We Kill People’, which after listening, makes you give some serious consideration as to whether the title actually has any truth behind it!
If you had to compare Rise Dead Man to any other bands, it would be a lethal cocktail of the garage authenticity and grind of Carcass, the skin-stripping, crushing heaviness of Aborted (minus the overly technical lapses and the few questionable fans), and while they don’t particularly sound alike, the underground insanity and conviction of Ted Maul. On the negative side of things I can’t say much; while this type of raw thrash/death metal will never sell thousands, only a fool wouldn’t see that Rise Dead Man play for the love of it, not for the money. There isn’t even the opportunity to criticise them for being overly straight forward, because on repeated listens, layers peel away, and it becomes obvious that this is the product of a musically educated bunch- launching fierce tempo changes at you with the intention to bludgeon you into submission. All points considered, Rise Dead Man are simply excellent in my books, and once again, I am astonished by the sky high levels of quality that our country’s bands keep pumping out! A*, guys!
9/10
PuddaWudda
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