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8/10
Bastiaan

AVULSED - Nullo (the
Pleasure of Self-Mutilation) - CD - Xtreem Music -
2009

review by: Bastiaan de
Vries

Avulsed has a
slightly more mature take on the gross-out side of the
death metal genre. Nullo still has goofy
titles like "Breaking Hymens" and "Infernal
Haemorrhoids" (or downright nasty ones like
"Penectomia") but they don't reflect the serious and
very excellent song writing found in each of its eleven
tracks.

Like a more gritty
Exhumed, the band rips and roars through the album,
stopping only from time to time to deliver a
particularly tasty guitar solo or melodic break.

At first glance, the band sounds a little derivative,
but keep listening. Hidden between the moments that
sound familiar are little musical treasures. A harmonic
guitar riff, a drum fill, a break that comes out of
nowhere, a dramatic guitar solo. It's all in there,
everything you'd want to hear from death metal, but with
that little extra.

The production is smooth, but
in certain regards, a little too digital sounding. The
bass drums are especially clickety clack from underneath
the roomy snare drum. And the cymbals are a bit too
distant and washy. The guitar sound, on the other hand,
is warm, meaty and squealy when it needs to be. Much
like the subject matter of the songs.

The people
that are especially turned off by goofy death metal
should try and ignore all the track titles and simply
focus on the music. It's worth every penny. For every
other death metal fan, Nullo should be an instant
buy. (8/10)

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