This is the third album from US Death Metallers Day of Doom.
Day of Doom are purveyors of USDM at its most brutal, yet with a few unexpected twists and turns.
A thick, syrupy sound swamps everything and the band burst at the seams with aggression and sinewy chops. The sound is actually quite unusual in a way as the drums sound warm and distinctly analogue, while the guitars sound much more underground and feral.
Vocally the singer sounds quite animalistic and barks savagery in a ritualised, almost chanted way.
This has quite a few interesting ideas tucked away amidst the brutality – a different vocal here; a dark melody there; some effects here; a lighter passage there. Day of Doom also write some unusual riffs that are definitely not your average Death Metal fare. It helps them stand out from the pack and means the album has more to offer than your standard chug and blast Death Metal, (although there is a nice amount of this as well).
Ever wondered what you’d get if you crossed the essence of Suffocation with the inventive aspects of Morbid Angel? Well it may not sound entirely dissimilar to Day of Doom.
Enjoyable, interesting and atypical; Day of Doom are worth taking seriously.
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