This is the début release from Ripping Death, an Old-School Death Metal band.
A mere 13 minutes in length, this release is the first calling card for their thoroughly morbid take on Old-School Death Metal.
Here we have three original tracks and a Cianide cover. The music has a resolutely 80s feel and the songs are simple, catchy and full of vigour.
Fast riffs and furious solos fly out over pounding, warm-sounding drums and a singer that sounds like he has been unearthed from some long-lost crypt.
There’s something very satisfying about this kind of music. It’s an authentic take on an earlier version of the genre, focusing on a time when songs were more important than speed and feeling was valued higher than technicality. Ripping Death succeed very well in achieving what they set out to do with Tales of the Ripper, and this a ripping, (ahem), collection of songs that are chock full of riotous, catchy hooks and distinctly morbid atmospheres.
Yes, we’ll have some more of this, please.
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