Do you think Suffocation are the best Death Metal band and Pierced From Within is the best Death Metal album ever made? Yeah, me too. I would bet that the members of Cenotaph have a pretty similar view based on this forgotten classic. As you would expect, similarities to Suffocation are plentiful, but there are still many features that set this band apart from the exhalted gods of death. One aspect is the vocals; the main vocal style is even throatier than Mullen's and there's the added benefit of occasional Yattering-like dry-heaving. The riffs and guitar tone are slightly less-chunky and bottom-heavy as well. The most obvious difference, though, is the obvious "English as a second language" lyrics. Oh well, at least they make an effort. All being said, this is still pretty spectacular Death Metal done in the fine New York tradition.
Personally, I quite enjoy it when bands write ESL lyrics. I think it's cute.
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