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CIRCLE OF DEAD CHILDREN - Psalms of the Grand Destroyer

GENRE: Death metal
COUNTRY: USA
FORMAT: CD
LABEL: Candlelight Records
YEAR: June 7th, 2010

RATING: 7/10
REVIEWED BY: PSL
PROVIDED BY: Candlelight Records

Circle Of Dead Children isn't exactly a band that flood the market with CD's. Apart from a 15 song EP in 2005 the latest full-length Human Harvest was put out in 2003. After many setbacks the American four-piece have re-emerged here in 2010, and I think it's been worth the long wait. On Psalms of the Grand Destroyer the band seem more focused and the music more refined than previously.

Circle Of Dead Children 2010 are definitely not the typical run-of-the-mill kind of death metal versus grindcore that a lot of bands play. The music is a gloomy mix of crusty death metal and grindcore. The four Americans use a lot of different inputs to make songs that is diverse and interesting. The band takes fast grind parts and mix these with slow, almost drone and sludge-like parts. It adds contrast to the music as well as giving it a murky face. It's obvious on "We Who Move with the Graven Worms" and "Obsidian Flakes" among other songs.

Another I like is the way that vocalist Joe Horvath vary his vocals. He often uses a low end death metal vocal and mix it up with a raspy, almost shouting type of vocal. Like the diversity in the music the vocals also add a lot to the bleak feel of the songs.

The mucky production that Scott Hull has gotten the band fits the music just right and underline bleak in the songs. Psalms of the Grand Destroyer is not the conventional grindcore effort, it's a lot more than that. If you like music that is brutal, but has many other facets as well then Psalms of the Grand Destroyer is hard to avoid.


Avatar of Innocence Ursa Major [1998 Revisited] When Human Compost Stains all Earth and Repels the Messengers of Love Chaos Crawls Back Earth and Lye We Who Move with the Graven Worms Bury the Ill Flock 01:28 Refuse to Kill the Same Way Twice Obsidian Flakes Last Words and Warning Signs Jaracaca Torches Night of Morbid Psycho Germinate the Reaper Seed Starve, Beg & Die a.k.a. Fuck You Kill Me
		CIRCLE OF DEAD CHILDREN - Psalms of the Grand Destroyer GENRE: Death metal COUNTRY: USA FORMAT: CD LABEL: Candlelight Records YEAR: June 7th, 2010 RATING: 7/10 REVIEWED BY: PSL PROVIDED BY: Candlelight Records Circle Of Dead Children isn't exactly a band that flood the market with CD's. Apart from a 15 song EP in 2005 the latest full-length Human Harvest was put out in 2003. After many setbacks the American four-piece have re-emerged here in 2010, and I think it's been worth the long wait. On Psalms of the Grand Destroyer the band seem more focused and the music more refined than previously. Circle Of Dead Children 2010 are definitely not the typical run-of-the-mill kind of death metal versus grindcore that a lot of bands play. The music is a gloomy mix of crusty death metal and grindcore. The four Americans use a lot of different inputs to make songs that is diverse and interesting. The band takes fast grind parts and mix these with slow, almost drone and sludge-like parts. It adds contrast to the music as well as giving it a murky face. It's obvious on "We Who Move with the Graven Worms" and "Obsidian Flakes" among other songs. Another I like is the way that vocalist Joe Horvath vary his vocals. He often uses a low end death metal vocal and mix it up with a raspy, almost shouting type of vocal. Like the diversity in the music the vocals also add a lot to the bleak feel of the songs. The mucky production that Scott Hull has gotten the band fits the music just right and underline bleak in the songs. Psalms of the Grand Destroyer is not the conventional grindcore effort, it's a lot more than that. If you like music that is brutal, but has many other facets as well then Psalms of the Grand Destroyer is hard to avoid.