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[message]MAUL - In The Jaws Of Bereavement LP (BLUE ALGAE MARBLE)
MAUL - In The Jaws Of Bereavement LP (BLUE ALGAE MARBLE)
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With their anticipated debut full length ‘Seraphic Punishment’ in 2022,
Fargo’s Maul dropped one of the most memorable Death Metal earworms of
the year. Coupled with the band’s relentless drive for bringing their
music to the people live throughout the country Maul’s reputation
rapidly grew and a pact with 20 Buck Spin was scrawled in blood. The
initial fruit of that union was delivered late in 2023 with the
‘Desecration and Enchantment’ promo tape. And now all roads have led to
Maul’s second album, ‘In the Jaws of Bereavement’.
While the rotten Death Metal heart at the core of the band is without
question, the band have no shame in their game when it comes to
embracing a penchant for the heavier side of hardcore with mosh-ready
riffs and crowd-killing breaks. ‘In the Jaws of Bereavement’ manages to
so skillfully fuse the eerie apparitions and melodic lead work of Death
Metal’s greats with the punishing rhythms of Hardcore’s violent power it
feels completely organic. It’s all tied together by the unhinged vocal
prowess of the human wrecking ball Garrett Alvarado.
At its putrescent core Maul is a live band, and the songs on ‘In The
Jaws of Bereavement’ are adeptly tailored to the environs of a dank club
sweltering from the energy created through this music and a crowd
living for nothing but the moment and the swell of bodies on bodies. The
production here is clear and in your face, and allows the band to
expand their unique blend of old and new to become Midwest Death
incarnate.