Candlelight
2007
Rise To Ruin
About This Album
When Gorefest announced their breakup in 1998, many headbangers thought the breakup would be permanent -- perhaps their members would move on to other projects, fans thought, but it was assumed that Gorefest the band was gone for good. Then, in 2004, Gorefest reunited after a six-year absence. Their comeback album La Muerte ("Death") was well received by death metal enthusiasts, and there is no reason why a longtime Gorefest follower would not have a high opinion of 2007's Rise to Ruin. The Dutch outfit is in fine form on this 56-minute CD, providing death metal that is brutal, harsh, and bombastic but is relatively accessible by death metal standards. Rise to Ruin is not accessible in the way that 1996's Soul Survivor was accessible; there is nothing even remotely pop about this sledgehammer disc. Nor is Rise to Ruin melodic death metal of the In Flames/Age of Ruin/At the Gates variety. But even so, there are some important reasons why metalheads who don't necessarily get into a lot of extreme metal will find Rise to Ruin appealing. For one thing, Jan-Chris de Koeyer's growling Cookie Monster vocals are easy to understand; he never renders the lyrics indecipherable.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8)

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