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ULCERATE - The Destroyers of All

GENRE: Death metal
COUNTRY: New Zealand
FORMAT: CD
LABEL: Hammerheart Records
YEAR: January 11th, 2011

RATING: 9/10
REVIEWED BY: PSL
PROVIDED BY: Hammerheart Records

Somehow I failed to notice the 2009 CD Everything is Fire therefore it's difficult for me to say where The Destroyers of All is differs, but it's obvious that Ulcerate has matured and fine-tuned the style compared to Of Fracture and Failure as well as the demo days.

The music is gloomy and grand. It has a feel of bleakness and a world lost. It may not be right to compare Ulcerate to Immolation. I do hear a lot of the same things in the music, but the trio pushes the grand parts a step or two more. Take "Burning Skies", "The Hollow Idols" or "The Destroyers of All" it doesn't matter, the songs are all bathed in a hopeless and cold setting.

Often the riffs have a drony and atonal kind of feel to them. The guitars are a barrage of eerie and jarring sounds. I like that as it make a disturbing, but also a gripping setting. That is also what sets Ulcerate apart. As opposite to the free-form guitar riffs the vocals are standard, but that suits me fine as Paul Kelland's vocals stops things from getting too spacey. Just like the guitars the drums are varied. Jamie Saint Merat does a very good job on those.

The CD is almost an hour long. There are just seven songs on it, but there's so much happening in the music that it has no problem staying thrilling. Ulcerate have its own little niche in the death metal genre. It's refreshing to hear a band think a bit outside the box.

If you like music with ambience and a different take on things then The Destroyers of All is difficult to avoid.


Burning Skies Dead Oceans Cold Becoming Beneath The Hollow Idols Omens The Destroyers of All
		ULCERATE - The Destroyers of All GENRE: Death metal COUNTRY: New Zealand FORMAT: CD LABEL: Hammerheart Records YEAR: January 11th, 2011 RATING: 9/10 REVIEWED BY: PSL PROVIDED BY: Hammerheart Records Somehow I failed to notice the 2009 CD Everything is Fire therefore it's difficult for me to say where The Destroyers of All is differs, but it's obvious that Ulcerate has matured and fine-tuned the style compared to Of Fracture and Failure as well as the demo days. The music is gloomy and grand. It has a feel of bleakness and a world lost. It may not be right to compare Ulcerate to Immolation. I do hear a lot of the same things in the music, but the trio pushes the grand parts a step or two more. Take "Burning Skies", "The Hollow Idols" or "The Destroyers of All" it doesn't matter, the songs are all bathed in a hopeless and cold setting. Often the riffs have a drony and atonal kind of feel to them. The guitars are a barrage of eerie and jarring sounds. I like that as it make a disturbing, but also a gripping setting. That is also what sets Ulcerate apart. As opposite to the free-form guitar riffs the vocals are standard, but that suits me fine as Paul Kelland's vocals stops things from getting too spacey. Just like the guitars the drums are varied. Jamie Saint Merat does a very good job on those. The CD is almost an hour long. There are just seven songs on it, but there's so much happening in the music that it has no problem staying thrilling. Ulcerate have its own little niche in the death metal genre. It's refreshing to hear a band think a bit outside the box. If you like music with ambience and a different take on things then The Destroyers of All is difficult to avoid.